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. "