Edited sentence: Philippe Sands, author of Terror Team, indicated in an interview that the view in the United Kingdom is that using coercion probably extended the conflict with Northern Ireland by 15 to 20 years.While torture is rarely condoned in democratic states, both in Britain in response to the IRA in the 1970s and 1980s and in the United States in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks, pressure was brought to bear to use torture (enhanced interrogation)