May 17, 2009
The European Court of Human Rights in the case of Ireland v. United Kingdom (1978) specifically found that wall standing (to produce muscle fatigue), hooding, and sleep and food deprivation were not torture.

— from “Critics Still Haven’t Read the ‘Torture’ Memos” by Victoria Toensing at WSJ.com

But what would they think of “caterpillaring”?

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