Watch this weasely bureaucrat twist herself in logical knots:
It's not torture because we based the techniques on the SERE program.
The SERE program is a program designed to get our soldiers to be able to withstand... um... well,
the SERE program is something done to our own soldiers, so therefore it can't be torture. Tada!
And in case you're interested, here's
Susie Bright's horrifying account of the effects the SERE program had on a friend of hers.