Comments on: Democracy Now! has Mark Benjamin discuss CIA’s Torture Teachers http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/06/25/democracy-now-has-mark-benjamin-discuss-cias-torture-teachers/ Thoughts by Stephen Soldz on war, peace, politics, psychoanalysis, and research methods Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:06:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jeanine Molloff http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/06/25/democracy-now-has-mark-benjamin-discuss-cias-torture-teachers/#comment-88424 Jeanine Molloff Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:26:32 +0000 http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2007/06/25/democracy-now-has-mark-benjamin-discuss-cias-torture-teachers/#comment-88424 While I agree that the APA should discipline members participating in such activities as SERE and BSCT; I would add that the discipline suggested is not sufficiently strong. Member psychologists who participate in such inhumane and evil practices SHOULD LOSE THEIR LICENSES IN EVERY STATE OF THE UNION--PERMANENTLY. FURTHERMORE, THEY SHOULD FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES LIKE ANY LAYPERSON WOULD COMMITTING SUCH ATROCITIES. ADDITIONALLY, THEY SHOULD HAVE TO FACE THE UNIVERSAL WAR CRIMES COURT FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. IN THE INSTANCE OF MURDERS WHICH OCCURRED DURING SUCH 'INTERROGATIONS;' THEY SHOULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY THE SAME AS ANY OTHER FIRST DEGREE MURDERER. MILITARY COMMISSIONS WOULD NOT APPLY TO THEM PRESENTLY, AS THE LOSS OF THEIR LICENSE WOULD BE A PROFESSIONAL BOARD CONSIDERATION, NOT A PURELY CRIMINAL ONE. HARD TO PRACTICE AS A PSYCHOLOGIST WITHOUT A LICENSE. This still boils down to one thing; we must REPUDIATE MOST ACTIONS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, FOLLOWED BY IMPEACHING CHENEY FIRST, THEN GONZALES, THEN BUSH. No one is above the law of humanity and the law of God; by whatever name you call God. Jeanine Molloff While I agree that the APA should discipline members participating in such activities as SERE and BSCT; I would add that the discipline suggested is not sufficiently strong. Member psychologists who participate in such inhumane and evil practices SHOULD LOSE THEIR LICENSES IN EVERY STATE OF THE UNION–PERMANENTLY. FURTHERMORE, THEY SHOULD FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES LIKE ANY LAYPERSON WOULD COMMITTING SUCH ATROCITIES. ADDITIONALLY, THEY SHOULD HAVE TO FACE THE UNIVERSAL WAR CRIMES COURT FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. IN THE INSTANCE OF MURDERS WHICH OCCURRED DURING SUCH ‘INTERROGATIONS;’ THEY SHOULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY THE SAME AS ANY OTHER FIRST DEGREE MURDERER. MILITARY COMMISSIONS WOULD NOT APPLY TO THEM PRESENTLY, AS THE LOSS OF THEIR LICENSE WOULD BE A PROFESSIONAL BOARD CONSIDERATION, NOT A PURELY CRIMINAL ONE. HARD TO PRACTICE AS A PSYCHOLOGIST WITHOUT A LICENSE.
This still boils down to one thing; we must REPUDIATE MOST ACTIONS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, FOLLOWED BY IMPEACHING CHENEY FIRST, THEN GONZALES, THEN BUSH. No one is above the law of humanity and the law of God; by whatever name you call God.

Jeanine Molloff

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