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AFAIC, he's a dead. man. walking.
This guy can fuck off.
Of course the creator of this torture regimen is going to claim it is a bunch of hooey....
His buddie (Jesson?) got the other half. $80 Million of OUR money went into their pockets. 
Who authorized that 'hooey?'
... is good. Keeps the conversation going. 
... they censored all but 600 pages of the full 6,000 page report, and the 600 pages, after redactions, left a total of approx 480 pages. In other words, we don't know nothing. We got less than 1/10th of the original report. We're only 1/10th as mad as we should be. I don't know about anyone else, but 1/10th of the truth does not equal truth in my mind. 
"The CIA paid $80 million to a company run by the two former Air Force psychologists without experience in interrogation or counter-terrorism who recommended waterboarding, slaps to the face and mock burial for prisoners captured after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, according to the Senate investigation."
... "crap." IOW, shit. or Bullshit. or Excrement.
They definitely know all about that stuff, don't you know. Literally. 
Thank you, G_j:
standing on broken legs... & how did their legs get broken?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025937985
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025937985
"Out of context," huh?
You bet your ass it's "out of context."
I have an idea. Let's release the WHOLE, UNREDACTED REPORT so everyone can be cleared, okay?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/opinion/a-scathing-report-on-cia-torture.html
To the Editor:
Of the many tragic consequences of the Bush-Cheney administration’s torture program, one of the most underappreciated and insidious has been its cost to the integrity and legitimacy of some of our most vital civil institutions.
How instructive and disheartening it is to read your accounts of the Senate torture report in conjunction with your article last month on the American Psychological Association’s efforts to support C.I.A. and military interrogations.
Not only did the C.I.A. engage psychologists to “develop, operate and assess” its torture program, but the A.P.A. aggressively encouraged its psychologists to participate in interrogations conducted by the C.I.A. and the military while the torture program was at its peak — a policy that you reported was directly influenced by intelligence officials who sought the cover of psychologists’ approval. The A.P.A.’s leadership has a long way to go in restoring the nation’s trust.
PAUL ROCKLIN
Watertown, Mass., Dec. 10, 2014
The writer worked on torture-related issues from 2004 to 2008 as a senior program associate at Physicians for Human Rights.
To the Editor:
Of the many tragic consequences of the Bush-Cheney administration’s torture program, one of the most underappreciated and insidious has been its cost to the integrity and legitimacy of some of our most vital civil institutions.
How instructive and disheartening it is to read your accounts of the Senate torture report in conjunction with your article last month on the American Psychological Association’s efforts to support C.I.A. and military interrogations.
Not only did the C.I.A. engage psychologists to “develop, operate and assess” its torture program, but the A.P.A. aggressively encouraged its psychologists to participate in interrogations conducted by the C.I.A. and the military while the torture program was at its peak — a policy that you reported was directly influenced by intelligence officials who sought the cover of psychologists’ approval. The A.P.A.’s leadership has a long way to go in restoring the nation’s trust.
PAUL ROCKLIN
Watertown, Mass., Dec. 10, 2014
The writer worked on torture-related issues from 2004 to 2008 as a senior program associate at Physicians for Human Rights.
https://secure3.convio.net/phr/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=426
Don't Let Psychologists Get Away with Torture
Shocking evidence of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) role in the Bush-era torture program has recently come to light. Their actions are a clear violation of medical ethics and international law.
A new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times reporter James Risen reveals previously secret emails showing that the APA worked with government officials to support psychologists’ involvement in torture.
Physicians for Human Rights has long documented the central role psychologists played in designing, monitoring, and implementing the use of torture on detainees in U.S. custody. Risen’s book reveals, for the first time, that the APA secretly permitted the CIA and White House officials to shape its ethics policies on psychologist participation in interrogations.
The APA helped legitimize health professionals’ involvement in torture, instead of acting independently to ensure psychologists played no role. Risen writes, “The APA provided the Bush administration with needed cover” — something no other health professional association was willing to do.
Those in the healing disciplines should never participate in torture or other ill-treatment. The Department of Justice must launch an investigation into the APA’s role in aiding the U.S. torture program. A thorough investigation of these facts is critical to restore public trust in the psychology profession and to ensure accountability for all health professionals involved in torture.
PETITION:
Don't Let Psychologists Get Away with Torture
Shocking evidence of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) role in the Bush-era torture program has recently come to light. Their actions are a clear violation of medical ethics and international law.
A new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times reporter James Risen reveals previously secret emails showing that the APA worked with government officials to support psychologists’ involvement in torture.
Physicians for Human Rights has long documented the central role psychologists played in designing, monitoring, and implementing the use of torture on detainees in U.S. custody. Risen’s book reveals, for the first time, that the APA secretly permitted the CIA and White House officials to shape its ethics policies on psychologist participation in interrogations.
The APA helped legitimize health professionals’ involvement in torture, instead of acting independently to ensure psychologists played no role. Risen writes, “The APA provided the Bush administration with needed cover” — something no other health professional association was willing to do.
Those in the healing disciplines should never participate in torture or other ill-treatment. The Department of Justice must launch an investigation into the APA’s role in aiding the U.S. torture program. A thorough investigation of these facts is critical to restore public trust in the psychology profession and to ensure accountability for all health professionals involved in torture.
PETITION:
Message
Investigate the APA's Role in Torture
Dear President Obama,
I am gravely concerned by new evidence that the American Psychological Association (APA) developed an ethics policy to support psychologists' participation in the CIA's torture program. Any role that the APA may have played in assisting the torture and ill-treatment of detainees degrades the practice of psychology and violates core principles of human rights and medical ethics.
Psychologists and other health professionals are guided by the fundamental obligation to "do no harm." Any attempt to circumvent this principle is not only unethical, but undermines the ability of all health professionals to credibly perform their duties. Health professionals must always uphold the health and dignity of every human being.
Primary source evidence in New York Times reporter James Risen's new book, "Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War," shows that the APA secretly colluded with the CIA and White House officials to enable psychologist participation in abusive interrogations, thereby legitimizing the use of torture. Their involvement has inflicted egregious and long-term harm on detainees. Moreover, it has damaged public trust in psychologists, to the detriment of all health professionals.
It is time for the American public to learn the truth. As we await the release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report on the CIA's torture program, I call on you to open a Department of Justice investigation into the APA's role in supporting Bush-era torture and providing legal and ethical justifications for its use.
For over a decade, human rights organizations alongside medical professionals have demanded accountability for all responsible for the torture and ill-treatment of detainees, including any health professionals. The systematic use of psychological and physical torture of detainees in U.S. custody violates international and U.S. law, and has been detailed in reports by Physicians for Human Rights and others.
I applaud those psychologists who have taken up the critical struggle to hold their professional association to account and to restore public trust in the rule of law. I expect no less from you, Mr. President.
Sincerely,
(Your Name)
(Your Address)
(City, State ZIP)