Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh
1. What are permissable interrogation techniques/conditions of confinement? (Please name some specifics here -- part of soliciting the details is to note what one person means as opposed to another when using a given term).
Standard police interrogation techniques should be more then enough. The individual isolation lockup cell is also an acceptable technique.

2. What techniques are always inappropriate (what is torture)?
By my simple definition anything that uses the application of pain to gain information.

3. What techniques are conditionally appropriate (if any)?
Sleep depreviation does not seem to be torture in my mind - however there is a point that it causes harm to the human body - so one can not exceed that point.

4. Are different techniques/levels of severity appropriate when dealing with different suspects/subjects? E.G. domestic alleged and convicted criminals, foreign nationals accused of a crime, enemy combatants, irregular enemy combatants, terrorists, suspected terrorists etc.
Different levels of security yes. Isolation can be a useful tool in gathering information - some simple manipulation of the environment such as changing the time for food and light to cause confusion does not strike me as torture.

5. What larger Law/Treaty/Cultural Norms do you see as relevant to this discussion, if any?
The United States signed a treaty about torture - we should honor that treaty