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Office of Legal Counsel memo suggests waterboarding is torture

A footnote within an OLC memo dated 10 May 2005 suggests that waterboarding, as carried out at various times at Guantanamo Bay, fell within the Bush administration's definition of torture.

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Other programs?
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Guantanamo Bay?
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Conduct of interrogations?
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Waterboarding?
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Is waterboarding a form of torture?
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Waterboarding is torture
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Office of Legal Counsel memo suggests waterboarding is torture
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Waterboarding clearly falls within the ordinary meaning of "torture"
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Waterboarding is severe suffering, intentionally inflicted.
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