I came across this article in Counterpunch about the involvement of Pschologists in Guantanamo and interrogations in another location.
It turns out that the actual members of The Task Force that the APA had appointed to decide whether or not psycologists should be involved in interrogation eren't allowed to be disclosed. They said that it would be this way for the safety of it's memers. However, a few sources said that half or more than half of it's members had military connections or ties to the Department of Defense. It also came out and has been established that Col. Louie Banks was a member of the Force and he isn't even a member of the American Psycological Association. And these are the people deciding whether or not psychologists should be involved in interrogation, these Task Force members.
This is a very interesting artical anyway, and definitely one worth taking the time to read. It was written in 2006 before the American Psychological Association decided to join the American Psychiatric Association in banning it's members from participating in interrogation and it gives alot of great info and quotes from members at the time and also of 2 of the presidents of the association. It really is very shocking to me that psychologists could have went along with a Task Force like that, let alone have the president of it condoning the activities in Guantanamo and Iraq. I'm glad that I am reading this in 2009on the other side of the decision to ban participation in interrogation.
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Hey guys, I don't know why the link to the article didn't show up on the post, but here it is.
http://www.counterpunch.org/soldz08012006.html
Good find, Renee. What kind of questions does the article raise for you? rw
It first and foremost brought up the question of,how was it allowed to happen that people involved in government security were allowed on the Task Force for the apa? That blew my mind. And even more so that they made up half or more than half of them.
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