* Torture?

I am reminded today of former President Clinton's carefully chosen words regarding sex and the hullabaloo that surrounded them. However, today this idea of carefully chosen words is being applied to torture.

According to CNN.com CIA Chief Porter Goss says that the CIA doesn't do torture, but that some of the CIA "interrogation" techniques would be prevented by the ban on torture that recently passed in the Senate.

Now, here I thought that torture was "cruel, inhumane or degrading" treatment of people (that's quoted from the bill, btw). How do you define torture Chief Goss?

I also greatly appreciate the quote by Goss: "This agency does not do torture. Torture does not work". The sarcastic side of me says, in response, "We know, because we've tried".