http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/04/05/guantanamo-gulag-getting-worse/ Thoughts by Stephen Soldz on war, peace, politics, psychoanalysis, and research methods Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:51:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/04/05/guantanamo-gulag-getting-worse/#comment-54054 Psyche, Science, and Society » Michael Gelles condescends to APA critics Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:58:20 +0000 http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/04/05/guantanamo-gulag-getting-worse/#comment-54054 [...] In this letter, there is not one mention of the terrible human rights violations that have occurred, and are still occurring, at Guantanamo, not to mention the role of psychologists in those abuses. He ignores the evidence that it is precisely his pals, “the community of military psychologists, together with civilians who consult to national security and law enforcement,” who are reported by virtually every reporter who has looked into the matter — Jane Mayer (New Yorker), Mark Benjamin (Salon), Art Levine (Washington Monthly) — to be one ones who were sent to Guantanamo to develop torture techniques, not to prevent them. Evidently Dr. Gelles considers himself to be one of a tight-knit community with these people, not to mention those psychologists who helped developed the special technique used at the CIA black sites. [...] [...] In this letter, there is not one mention of the terrible human rights violations that have occurred, and are still occurring, at Guantanamo, not to mention the role of psychologists in those abuses. He ignores the evidence that it is precisely his pals, “the community of military psychologists, together with civilians who consult to national security and law enforcement,” who are reported by virtually every reporter who has looked into the matter — Jane Mayer (New Yorker), Mark Benjamin (Salon), Art Levine (Washington Monthly) — to be one ones who were sent to Guantanamo to develop torture techniques, not to prevent them. Evidently Dr. Gelles considers himself to be one of a tight-knit community with these people, not to mention those psychologists who helped developed the special technique used at the CIA black sites. [...]

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