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This is the way I think about it, as far as the "water is wet = waterboarding is counterproductive" thing.
Most of the "information" given through torture is unreliable. People that aren't resistant to torture are going to tell you what they think you want to hear, whether or not it's true. Most people that aren't resistant to torture don't know what you want to know anyway. People that are resistant to torture are either going to tell you nothing, lies, or you're going to have to torture them for a long time to get any actionable intelligence.
That's where I get my "water is wet" argument. Torture is not an effective method of gaining actionable intelligence.
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