There is nothing there that "borders" on torture, all of it is torture if it is meant to help in extracting information. Unless you want to argue that some of that doesn't bring physical or mental pain.
This is Krezack's post modified (Sensory Deprivation and CIA quotes added) and put into Way-Off where the topic is more relevant. These certainly are torture methods, and that should be clear despite that one sentence. BTW, walkerguy, not walkerperson, theres no need for that, and the real username is shorter to type anyhow.
*Darth Vader voice* Effective, terrifying torture will not result in grovelling information, but, rather, just the intel you wanted.
Sure. But a belly slap isn't like ripping your limbs apart is it?
Thats not the point. Why should be expect al-Qaeda (our enemies) to be nice to our troops? So we don't get all flustered and have bush storm in with thousands more marines? We will not negotiate nor play fair with terrorists. If we need intel from a terrorist, we should do well to extract that information.
Thats too simple a point to argue about torture.
Torture is not proven effective. It depends on your allegiance, what is at stake, how far one would go for intel. Torture is effective sometimes, but not all the time.