A 542 page report, commissioned by the American Psychological Association and released last week, states that some of the medical personnel at the CIA were concerned about the torture used by the Agency. The CIA employees questioned both the effectiveness and the ethics of the torture, and consulted with the APA.
In 2005 the APA concluded that psychiatrists could continue to assist in the torture.
Last Friday the Vice Chairman of the Physicians for Human Rights, Dr. Kerry Sulkowicz, said “The APA’s collusion with the government’s national security apparatus is one of the greatest scandals in U.S. medical history.”
It is interesting that the APA. was less concerned with ethics than the employees of the CIA.
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