...of hunting Nazi war criminals. Torture is already defined in the Federal criminal code and means any act committed by a person acting under the color of...another person within his custody or physical control. Under this definition, torture includes both those who use or issue the orders to torture innocent...

...is codified at 18 USC. § 2340: 'torture' means an act committed hy a person acting under the colour of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody...

...lawyers. Senator LEVIN. OK, and we will get to that. Does the Federal statute that prohibits torture, I8 US Code 2340, apply to the CIA? Judge CHERTOFF. My...for White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales on August I, 2002. It defined, "severe physical pain or suffering" as pain rising to the "level that would ordinarily...

...2340, {Torture Statute), torture is defined as "an act committed by a person acting under color of tow specifically intended to inflict severe physical or...suffering upon another person within his custody or control." The torture statute defines "severe mental pain or suffering* as "the prolonged, mental harm...

...provides in full: As used in this chapter (1) "torture" means an act committed by a person acting under color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody...

...2340A, "torture" is defined at Sec. 2340 (2) as: "an act committed by a person acting under the color or law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering . . . upon an other person within his custody or physical control." 2 See Black's Law Dictionary (St. Paul: West...

...2340, (Torture Statute), torture is defined as "an act committed by a person acting under cotor of tow specifically Intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering upon another person wHWn hfe custody or control* ТЪе torture statute defines "severe meirta! pain or suffering'' as...

...law. The US Criminal Code defines torture as 'an act committed by a person acting under the colour of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering' (my emphasis) . The Justice Department's response to this was to question the meaning of 'severe'....

...for it in 1994, before I came to this Senate, and it declared that torture meant acting under cover of law, specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering, and that mental pain or suffering means prolonged mental harm caused or resulting from intentional...