Comments on: Time on OIG report: Psychologists and torture http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/06/01/time-on-oig-report-psychologists-and-torture/ Thoughts by Stephen Soldz on war, peace, politics, psychoanalysis, and research methods Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:47:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jack Shalom http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/06/01/time-on-oig-report-psychologists-and-torture/#comment-72690 Jack Shalom Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:44:41 +0000 http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/06/01/time-on-oig-report-psychologists-and-torture/#comment-72690 "Members of the Intelligence Science Board, many of whom serve as consultants to the Pentagon, have recently argued that U.S. interrogation policy involves a grab-bag of outmoded techniques, many dating from the 1950s, that ignore lessons learned from law enforcement and lack cultural sensitivity to Arab and other foreign prisoners." So now will there be a new call for updating all the old torture techniques with more cultural 'sensitivity' so that the torture can be more effective? “Members of the Intelligence Science Board, many of whom serve as consultants to the Pentagon, have recently argued that U.S. interrogation policy involves a grab-bag of outmoded techniques, many dating from the 1950s, that ignore lessons learned from law enforcement and lack cultural sensitivity to Arab and other foreign prisoners.”

So now will there be a new call for updating all the old torture techniques with more cultural ’sensitivity’ so that the torture can be more effective?

]]> By: Shimmy http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/06/01/time-on-oig-report-psychologists-and-torture/#comment-72403 Shimmy Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:54:37 +0000 http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/06/01/time-on-oig-report-psychologists-and-torture/#comment-72403 Literally, I wake up every day wondering why the White House hates its own troops so much. Literally, I wake up every day wondering why the White House hates its own troops so much.

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