This show confently strolls into areas the creators have no idea about. Anything from surveillance methods to nuclear bomb design. And who can blame them on Season 7. However sometimes they really cross the line of artistic license. So let's clarify one thing. "Techniques such as sleep deprivation, noise irritation, and sensory overload" ARE considered torture by the Geneva Convention. There is a special section of the Geneva Convention describing those methods in clear detail.
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