"Top Bush-era GITMO and Abu Ghraib psychologist is WH's newest appointment."

[Stoic]

Salon:Glenn Greenwald

One of the most intense scandals the field of psychology has faced over the last decade is the involvement of several of its members in enabling Bush's worldwide torture regime. Numerous health professionals worked for the U.S. government to help understand how best to mentally degrade and break down detainees. At the center of that controversy was -- and is -- Dr. Larry James. James, a retired Army colonel, was the Chief Psychologist at Guantanamo in 2003, at the height of the abuses at that camp, and then served in the same position at Abu Ghraib during 2004.

Today, Dr. James circulated an excited email announcing, "with great pride," that he has now been selected to serve on the "White House Task Force entitled Enhancing the Psychological Well-Being of The Military Family." In his new position, he will be meeting at the White House with Michelle Obama and other White House officials on Tuesday.

I'm losing my ability to be appalled.

[niyad]

1. I keep expecting things like this to be from the Onion, but, sadly, they never are

[Stoic]

2. Sorry, this is a duplicate post. Admins delete if you want.

I missed the earlier one.

[Judi Lynn]

5. I'm glad you posted it, as I didn't seen anything before seeing your post. Thank you. n/et

[Citizen Worker]

3. Please, someone tell me how things have changed since the election in '08?

[tom_paine]

4. The Emperor has a creamy cocoa complexion.

Oh, and a few crumbs get swept off the table in the Big House for us to gnaw on and be happy with.

Obama, in the end, is just keeping the seat warm for the true Imperial Family, the Bushes.

It is a pity for the Bushes that the current circumstance and necessity of continuing to fool one of the weakest-minded populaces in all human history makes it impossible for them to overtly claim their parize. Thy will just have to be satisfied with de facto imperium until the beginning of the Final Phase of Transition comes along, which I estimate to be no more that 20 years away and more likely much sooner here in Kinder and Gentler Nazi Germany.

[Marnie]

6. Though Obama may not be evil as Bush Chaey surely were.

but he embraces it with about the same lust that they did.

Like so many before him, he has become the animal in the identification "political animal".

[emilyg]

7. k/r for disgusted with it all.

[yurbud]

8. where is the usual ''shut up and cheerlead'' crowd to explain this away? I guess they haven't been

faxed their talking points yet.

[yurbud]

9. Is John Yoo up for a presidential medal of freedom next?

[fasttense]

10. I'm sure the torturer Dr. James will recommend, well, more torture. n/t