The American Psychological Association, the world's largest professional organization of psychologists, is poised to issue a formal condemnation of a raft of notorious interrogation tactics employed by U.S. authorities against detainees during the so-called war on terror, from simulated drowning to sensory deprivation. The move is expected during the APA's annual convention in San Francisco this weekend.Read the rest.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Psychologists to King George's CIA: We Condemn Your Torture
Salon reports:
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Others [in te APA] oppose the moratorium because they think psychologists must be involved in the interrogations to prevent abuse -- and because the government may just choose to use non-APA members for its interrogations, as has already happened.
I'll call Godwin's Law on myself in advance - this sounds like what psychologists in Nazi Germany would be rationalizing.
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