The cables describe acts of deliberate physical torture of detainees, including waterboarding and confinement. The torture depicted includes beatings, food deprivation and waterboarding. Other Republican officials have provided less definitive views regarding whether waterboarding is torture. After being subjected to repeated waterboarding, Mohammed claimed participation in thirty-one terrorist plots. Michael's confession caused her to be subsequently tortured by waterboarding by Sona guards. By this date, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had been subjected to 183 applications of waterboarding. Panetta said waterboarding was among the techniques used. A minimal sentence for Japanese soldiers convicted of waterboarding American soldiers was 15 years. However, the law did not affect the CIA's use of waterboarding. Democrats largely spoke out against waterboarding. In 2005 the CIA destroyed the tapes of Nashiri's waterboarding. Critic Frank Bruni concluded that the film appears to suggest "No waterboarding, no Bin Laden". Amongst the methods they found acceptable was waterboarding. Investigating his claims, Newsweek found instances of waterboarding.