Torture abounds in US!

Apperently, I was tortured. Seriously though, the author of the Oped makes a good point. The real question here when talking about torture is was exactly constitutes "Cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment." Is it torture to have fake menstral blood smeared on you? I mean if the point of interrogations is to make someone give up information they don't want to give up, doesn't it makes sense that you have to do more than mildly unsettle them?