Sure, you can.  It all depends on who gets to define &quot;torture.&quot;<p>If they can find a judge who believes the iron maiden isn&#x27;t torture while the anal pear is, then guess what... the government will use the iron maiden.<p>Even if they can&#x27;t find such a pliable jurist, they&#x27;ll have no problem getting a John Yoo to write an executive memo that justifies whatever they want to do to you, and let the courts sort it out later.  There&#x27;s no downside from their point of view.