Trekker Under Cover at Slate?

In what seem to be the very good reviews for the new Star Trek movie, there's been discussion of a scene that perhaps alludes to our current public discussion of torture. Juliet Lapidos has a nice piece up at Slate on an episode for Star Trek TNG that focused on the power, degradation and ineffectiveness of the practice.

(It's a good episode; have to crack out that DVD.)