Why not just threaten to bathe and shave them?

Seriously, are these interrogation methods effective? I've heard people say yes and no. Either way, I don't think it's the best example to send if the goal is to spread and protect democracy and freedom. We don't allow ourselves to go there with our own rapists and other domestic sadists (I know, I know... why not). And it creeps me out to think we have government people conducting research on the response reliability of, say, water boarding.