Reply #5: The CIA thug's definition of "torture" is very flexible.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

In a quest for usable information, however, some physical tactics, like sleep deprivation, are useful for inducing a deep trance. This type trance allows the CIA operative to use less drugs, which yields clearer, more concise communications from the subject.

"It should be emphasized that the covert administration of any drug (stimulant, hypnotic, or hallucinogenic agent) can produce an impact on the individual undergoing the stress of prolonged imprisonment and interrogation which goes beyond merely accelerating the fatigue, disturbed judgment, and other effects of the usual prolonged control pressures. The covertly administered drug can make the prisoner feel that the interrogation is affecting him more than it really is. It may make him feel that the interrogator is more powerful or more prescient than he really is, or that the situation has become more intolerable and inexorable than it is in fact."

Nah, it ain't torture, just the usual giggly frat-boy pranks.