> Bradley Manning was stripped and left naked in his cell for seven hours.

This was according to the New York Times[1] in March of 2011 and it took place at the Marine brig in Quantico, Va.

Might not be torture by most standards (though personally I think solitary confinement is torture) but I would hardly consider it proper conduct.

Also, who can say what really happens at Guantanamo...

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/us/04manning.html

I happen to agree that solitary confinement is a form of torture regardless of whether or not he was stripped and left naked for 7 hours. My point was that the 'average Joe' pictures medieval torture devices (or someone tied to a chair and being beaten), when they hear talk of torture. So trying to claim that he was tortured because he was left naked for a few hours (or is in permanent solitary confinement) isn't going to win over anyone in that respect.

I'd venture that the internal monologue goes something like:

  " Tortured? He's just left in a birthday suit for a bit,
    and doesn't get to socialize. How bad could that be?
    Jack Bauer resists being beaten while tied to a chair
    every other episode, and still has the strength to
    save that day! This Bradley Manning guy is just a
    pussy. "

7 hours?

That's friendly considering the later reports. According to the UN special rapporteur on torture he was kept in solitary 23 hours a day for 11 months.