Psychologists to pass resolution condemning torture.
By on Aug 15th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Psychologists to pass resolution condemning torture.
The American Psychological Association “is poised to issue a formal condemnation of a raft of notorious interrogation tactics employed by U.S. authorities against detainees…from simulated drowning to sensory deprivation.” The administration has previously employed psychologists to develop its coercive torture tactics, and psychologists are “likely” to help implement President Bush’s July 20 executive order restarting a coercive CIA interrogation program.
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Nice. We actually have to do this?
The psychologists of the world have to come together to tell our country that it’s doing something we already know that it should not be doing.
oh the horror…
August 15th, 2007 at 11:28 am“likely  likely NOT, is more likely…
c’mon RATS… weigh in here on how these
August 15th, 2007 at 11:30 ammental health care professionals have got it all wrong…
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this is long overdue… the apa has lagged behind their colleagues at the ama in condemning the practice of government using their members to craft more effective “enhanced interrogation techniques…” the apa should be ashamed that it’s taken them this long to take a stand…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
August 15th, 2007 at 11:31 amTorture? We don’t torture.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:33 amI thought that the Geneva Conventions (which I believe that the US was a signatory to) had pretty much established that Torture is Bad.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:33 amI thought that the Geneva Conventions (which I believe that the US was a signatory to) had pretty much established that Torture is Bad.
Comment by raynman
Yes, it did. And it also lists waterboarding as torture.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:45 amWhen we torture we become the evil we are supposed to be fighting against.
No excuse in the world makes torture right.
The American Psychological Association should drop from it’s rolls any psychologist who works on the government’s torture plans.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:49 amBah, who needs science when you have God, Guns and Budweiser!
/sarcasm off
August 15th, 2007 at 11:55 amInstead of putting on a PR show, maybe the APA could do something meaningful and revoke the memberships of those members who cooperate with the Mengeloids in the administration.
The Bar Association ought to consider the same treatment for the Monica Goodlings of the world.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:01 pmfor that matter, they could easily disbar Gonzo – could he still serve as AG were he not actually a lawyer?
August 15th, 2007 at 12:01 pmBush: “We don’t torture”
APA: “We don’t torture”
Even though I think APA has the right idea, I suspect our torture-mongers will still manage to find psychiatrists willing to devise “enhanced interrogation techniques” for them.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:08 pmGood for them. But what took them so long?
August 15th, 2007 at 12:10 pmLeslie,
That was my question as well. Geez…..
BTW, just because someone might be kicked out of the APA, doesn’t mean they can no longer practice. Just sayin’
August 15th, 2007 at 12:23 pmOh, now THIS will certainly cause Bush to stop doing what he’s doing!
August 15th, 2007 at 12:46 pmBush is a nazi. So is gonzo and Cheney and the rest of the nazi pigs.
When their deeds are laid out, there won’t be a hole deep enough for them to crawl in where they can hide from justice.
This country doesn’t abide nazi’s too well.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:54 pmBut remember: Whatever it is that the US is doing to their detainees is not torture, by definition.
That includes waterboarding, mock executions, and sleep deprivation. These are only torture when others do it. Like the Khmer Rouge, or Saddam Hussein.
/sarcasm off
August 15th, 2007 at 2:29 pmREMEMBER SOA SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS SCHOOL FOR TORTURE TRAINING
Priests try to change topic in U.S. court; they want to put military on trial for alleged torture
Black Collar DoGoodery
By Bill Hess
Herald/Review
Published on Tuesday, August 14, 2007
TUCSON — It was a legal chess game, with the prosecution and defense maneuvering to make points with a federal judge Monday.
In some ways the prosecution was in a defensive position as defense attorney William Quigley attacked by asking that torture, which he claims is taught at the Intelligence Center on Fort Huachuca, be put on trial.
Prosecutor Capt. Evan Seamone said the misdemeanor trespassing case is that and only that, and he denied Quigley’s assumption two Catholic priests were denied some of their First Amendment rights, primarily the right to assemble, petition the government and practice free speech.
Both men have a history of protesting at federal military and other facilities. They have been arrested a number of times and have served sentences for trespassing. The trespass charge currently being adjudicated calls for a maximum six-month prison sentence and a $5,000 fine of five years of probation.
http://www.svherald.com/articles/2007/08/14/news/doc46c15bb422c37214425069.txt _
Jesuit Steve Kelly and Franciscan Louis Vitale were cited for trespassing on the Southern Arizona Army post on Nov. 19.
August 15th, 2007 at 8:32 pmIn order for a psychologist to be “disbarred” for a lack of a better term. They need to have their license revoked or suspended by their state board of psychological examiners. I believe that most state board’s do adopt the APA code of ethics, and thereby if these are violated, the psychologist can be subject to sanction by the state board. Just my 2 cents.
August 16th, 2007 at 11:01 am