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Clearly, doing permanent, painful harm to someone's body is torture. Is there any record of that? What happens to a person that has been water boarded? Can they walk away (not out of prison) and live a physically unencumbered life? It seems to me if any investigation is to take place into anything, the first order of business should be "what is it we are looking for"? The pursuit of 'maybe' or 'gray area' seems to be an effort of little value. Why not have a committee to codify what indeed qualifies as torture? That would more productive but would get fewer Congressional faces on TV. A win-win!!
