The American Psychological Association (APA) has declared that no action will be taken against Dr. John Leso, a retired army psychologist who took part in the torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
The Pentagon official who oversaw the military commission against detainee Mohammed Qahtani termed his mistreatment as amounting to “torture,” include sleep deprivation, forced IV hydration, and being forced to “bark like a dog.”
The logs of activity showed Dr. Leso played a direct role in the torture, including advising troops to put the detainee in a swivel chair to keep him from falling asleep. APA members had been calling his involvement a violation of APA policy on interrogations.
Ultimately the APA insisting that nothing Dr. Leso did could be concluded to be “direct unethical conduct,” and while they insisted they won’t tolerate involvement in torture, they’re clearly looking the other way this time.
So torture is now totally acceptable in the US. Truly it is a light unto nations.
another sign that "thy" have already won….
The dissolution of the "American Way" continues. This is akin to how public schools continue to pass failing students to the next grade solely to avoid "traumatizing" and "stigmatizing" the student. And we wonder how we sometimes end up with unqualified people in positions of power.
If we refuse to penalize those responsible for torture we will be able to eventually believe it never happened…eh?
psychologists do not give medical orders for hydration. something amiss in this story. Torture doctors, why are the medical staff remain unnamed. IS the chief medical officer of the military a torture collaborator, that branding will be noticed
fix the header. torture doctor is just a psychologist. who are the the medical authority for gitmo. who will prosecute them