this is all because after bush set up guantanamo bay he realised that holidng and torturing inmates is just a wee bit illegal.

so he makes a change in the law. torture is only torture when you either maim or kill somone. by this definition chinese water torture is legal, as is sleep depravation, humiliation, pain caused by stress positions, extreme temperatures.

but the house has seen that that is possibly a bit of a crap law and so wants to change it back to not being able to torture people.