A newly released study details a number of cases in which government doctors at Guantanamo Bay ignored strong evidence of torture and other signs of detainee abuse. The study cited nine cases in particular where the “enhanced interrogation” was in line with torture, all of which doctors explained away as “personality disorders.”
That was every day life in Guantanamo Bay, it seems, where doctors shrugged off broken bones, didn’t ask about lacerations and nerve damage, or other signs of savage beatings. Even hallucinations were “routine” and the doctors just assumed they were “temporary.”
The report concluded that the evidence documented by the doctors was largely consistent with the detainee’s claims of torture, beyond that fact that the doctors dismissed the conclusions. The report has spawned new criticism of the detention center and the mistreatment of detainees therein.
Pentagon officials have yet to comment on the report. Officials have constantly maintained that the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay has always been within the letter of the law (such as it is for extralegal detentions), but these claims always revolved around the doctors’ assertions. With those in doubt, officials will need a new justification for the sordid behavior at the facility.
The AMA is going to have to change their mantra. "Do no harm" will have to morph into "see the torture, keep your mouth shut." Such utter and base immorality.
Hypocratic Oath becomes the Hypocritical Leap Of Utter Lunacy.
It is no surprise to me anymore that so many detained persons took their own lives rather than continue to suffer from this kind of agonizing abuse. These were indeed and are now clearly defined, "war crimes", "crimes against humanity", "degrading and abusive treatment".
Considering that the 'good doctors' were the ones who designed and supervised the torture program, I would most certainly expect them to….hmmmm….ignore the torture that resulted. Wouldn't you say, chap?
The stain of torture runs deep- and Lawyers and Doctors and their "codes" didn't stand up to it.
This story is further proof of the following: US Government=Criminal Gang
Anyone that thinks they are free need to give there head a shake.