Obama says waterboarding was torture .

奥巴马说水刑是酷刑。

But us law on waterboarding is not as clear as it should be .

但美国关于水刑的法律并没有人们想象的那样清晰。

Mr. obama has called waterboarding torture .

奥巴马称水刑是刑讯逼供。

Waterboarding in particular troubled many officials from both a moral and a legal perspective .

尤其是水刑，不管是从道德层面还是从法律层面来看，都让很多干员感到非常苦恼。

Some have been small : whether or not house speaker nancy pelosi was adequately briefed on the cia 's use of waterboarding in 2002 .

有些人还算客气：是否众议院发言人南茜佩罗西在中情局2002年使用水刑的问题上得到了充分的指点。