Jane Mayer’s new book, The Dark Side, has refocused attention on psychologists’ participation in Bush administration torture and detainee abuse. In one…
The CIA’s Torture Teachers, psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen [see Eban and Mayer for a reminder of their work], are in…
A major article in the Washington Post today collects the accounts of US detainees who, in large numbers, report that they were…
On Friday, the 22nd of February, the American Psychological Association (APA) Council voted unanimously to modify a crucial paragraph in the August…
On February 18, bloggers reported the unprecedented attempt by Bank Julius Baer to censor the Wikileaks.org web site by having a San…
One of the most important web sites in recent months has been Wikileaks.org. Created by several brave journalists committed to transparency, Wikieaks…
Now receded into distant memory for many, the battle for the Iraqi city of Fallujah, accompanied by the al Sadr uprising in…
Last Friday American Psychological Association President, and Indiana University professor Sharon Brehm discussed the APA’s policies supporting psychologist participation in national security…
On November 7th of this year, a major 2003 Guantanamo Standard Operating Procedures [SOP] manual was posted on the wikileaks web site.…
Five long years into Bush’s torture regime, the American Psychological Association [APA] has finally taken some steps to respond to the abuses…
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