2015-04-30 US and Torture - a medieval love affair...
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AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION HELPED JUSTIFY TORTURE "The American Psychological Association secretly collaborated with the administration of President George W. Bush to bolster a legal and ethical justification for the torture of prisoners swept up in the post-Sept. 11 war on terror, according to a new report by a group of dissident health professionals and human rights activists." Read the full report. [NYT]
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AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION HELPED JUSTIFY TORTURE "The American Psychological Association secretly collaborated with the administration of President George W. Bush to bolster a legal and ethical justification for the torture of prisoners swept up in the post-Sept. 11 war on terror, according to a new report by a group of dissident health professionals and human rights activists." Read the full report. [NYT]
The
involvement of health professionals enabled the Justice Department to
argue in secret opinions that the Bush-era interrogation program was
legal.
nytimes.com|By JAMES RISEN
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