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Doctors and psychologists working for the US military violated the ethical codes of their profession under instruction from the defence department and the CIA to become involved in the torture and degrading treatment of suspected terrorists, an investigation has concluded.
The report of the Taskforce on Preserving Medical Professionalism in National Security Detention Centres concludes that after 9/11, health professionals working with the military and intelligence services "designed and participated in cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment and torture of detainees".
Medical professionals were in effect told that their ethical mantra "first do no harm" did not apply, because they were not treating people who were ill.
The report lays blame primarily on the defence department (DoD) and the CIA, which required their healthcare staff to put aside any scruples in the interests of intelligence gathering and security practices that caused severe harm to detainees, from waterboarding to sleep deprivation and force-feeding.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/04/cia-doctors-torture-suspected-terrorists-9-11?CMP=twt_fd
Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)Those darned terrorists got what they deserved.
Do I really need to add the
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)I thought we were for a time. I was mistaken.
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kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)"doctors" as so many do who have lost all sense of the intended humanity of physicians.
cali
(114,904 posts)ergo there are lousy human beings who are docs. And yes, they are "real" doctors.
JohnyCanuck
(9,922 posts)malaise
(268,955 posts)The doctors could have refused.
Bush and Cheney will pay.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)Certainly not in this life. Our President has his administration have looked the other way and given these war criminals a free pass. Both are living life in the lap of luxury, protected from all harm by our tax dollars. Since there is no "afterlife," how they will ever "pay" eludes me.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)Whatever body oversees licenses to practice medicine should strip them immediately. A doctor who violates his or her oath should not be allowed to practice medicine ever again. Inaction in this case is complicity.
spanone
(135,828 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)which is the travesty.
The orders came from the highest levels of government.
"Befehl ist Befehl"
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Everyone of importance in that period are dead.
Even then, I'm not sure I would make that claim.
NGU!
Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)Thanks for the thread, Ichingcarpenter.