American Psychological Association Hit With New Torture Allegations

Posted by Soulskill on Friday May 1, 2015 @05:43AM from the protip-don't-torture-people dept.

sciencehabit writes: Did the American Psychological Association (APA) collude with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to enable the torture of detainees in the War on Terror? The answer won't be known until June, when an independent investigation is due to conclude. But at least one thing was made clear in a report from an independent group of psychologists based on e-mail exchanges between APA and CIA officials from 2003 to 2006: The world's largest professional organization for psychologists has maintained a surprisingly cozy relationship with the defense and intelligence community.

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Style guide by jfdavis668 · 2015-05-01 05:45 · Score: 5, Funny

They may have used the APA style guide. That's been torturing people for a long time.
It's true by Nidi62 · 2015-05-01 06:20 · Score: 4, Funny

The CIA would beat detainees with hardcover copies of outdated DSMs. And then make them read them.

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