Bush approved feigned drowning and suffocation?

Someone tell me how this isn't torture? I agree, it's one hell of an interrogation technique, but to not consider this torture is an outright lie. Interesting how AP missed the real story - not that the CIA is postponing interrogation techniques approved by the WH, but rather that the WH actually approved of pretending to drown and suffocate prisoners to get them to talk. Again, perhaps it's effective - I have no idea - but it's torture.