Comment on article about torture

On the 5th November did I read and print an article about torture in the Guardian but I am so ankward with computers, that I was not able to get in our page. I have managed this time and here comes my comment:
It is an inteview between John Bellinger, senior adviser on international law of the USA and Philippe Sands, professor of law at University College London.
The fact that PS just makes the question if the technique of simulated drownig ranks as torture for the USA, and that JB was not able to answer if the water boarding was prohibited by international law, shows which kind of country is leading the world.
If torture is considered as the intentional infliction of physical pain or suffering, I think that it is no doubt about the the illegality of this practice, which is not only taken into practice by the USA, but also nowadays in Spain.