Narrowly redefining torture made interrogators immune by invoking higher orders.

Evidence

This definition of torture only as extreme injury placed virtually no limits on the use of severe physical and psychological methods of interrogation short of organ failure or death, essentially legitimizing torturous practices. This made interrogators immune from punishment for using such practices on the grounds that they were following orders from officials higher up in the chain of command. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2397

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2397