How WikiLeaks Unhinged Washington by Linda Lewis and Coleen Rowley (1-11-11 Consortium News)

[bobthedrummer]

In Washington's Brave New World, pop-psychology concepts, including some from the father of "learned helplessness" theory that inspired Bush-Cheney "enhanced interrogations", are being tried out for use against federal workers, as ex-government officials Linda Lewis and Coleen Rowley discuss in this guest essay

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2011/011111b.html

[bobthedrummer]

1. Tortured Profession: Psychologists Warned of Abusive Interrogations, Then Helped Craft Them

by Sheri Fink (5-5-09 ProPublica/Salon article)
http://www.propublica.org/article/tortured-profession-psychologists-warned-of-abusive-interrogations-505

[bemildred]

2. So a whole bunch of trusted "insiders" are about to find out what it's like on the outside.

But who will watch the watchers?

[snagglepuss]

3. This is a MUST read. Bookmarked. Rec'd nt

:kick:

[bobthedrummer]

4. From PSYOP to Mind War: The Psychology of Victory by Col. Paul E. Valley

with Major Michael A. Aquino
PSYOP Research and Analysis
Team Leader

1980

This pdf is from Michael Aquino's Temple of Set Xeper.org website, Major Aquino formed his Temple of Set from elements of the Church of Satan and fought the Pentagon to recognize the right of Pagan worship in the US military-I've put it in this thread because of the interrelationship of a highy screwed up professional group within the APA and private security businesses that contract with the US intelligence community and DoD. Many of these contracted operatives utilize techniques and previously theoretical tactics from the background of US PSYOP related material.

http://www.xeper.org/maquino/nm/MindWar.pdf

[bobthedrummer]

5. Psychologists Helped Guide Interrogations (started 4-17-09 by cal04)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3837360

I note the unrec crew is now earning their daily bread.

[sabrina 1]

14. Yes, they did and there was a condemnation of that

when it was a discovered but were their licenses removed?

I haven't read the whole article yet, but I will.

:kick: and rec'd

[bobthedrummer]

15. APA Bans Interrogations (started by Jackpine Radical 5-23-09)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5708201

That hasn't stopped some US mental health professionals from abuse, nonconsensual human experimentation, torture and other crimes.

[sabrina 1]

16. Good to know they are banned but it's not much good if

they don't drop those who continue to engage in these war crimes.

Reading the article now. This country truly scares me. Are these 'experiments' any different from what went on in Germany?

[bobthedrummer]

17. sabrina 1 it's gone way beyond experimentation (although that too continues)

In Contravention of Conventional Wisdom by Cheryl Welsh (January 2008 Mind Justice)
http://www.mindjustice.org/wisdom.htm

[sabrina 1]

18. I will have to read more about this.

I don't know what has happened to this country. It seems to be getting worse and worse all the time.

Thanks for the link, I will read it ~ although I know it's not going to be pleasant reading.

[Catherina]

6. Thank you. Rec'd. n/t

[Octafish]

7. Kicked and Rec'ed and it stayed at 'zero.'

Gee. What have we come to when people don't want others to know the thoughts of Linda Lewis and Coleen Rowley. From the OP:

News articles report that it only takes these head honchos one hour after public "retirement" to pick up their new private jobs, albeit at several times the pay-grade, doing the same thing.

Gee. Whizz.

[bobthedrummer]

8. Yep.

[DearAbby]

9. K&R

TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL!

[bobthedrummer]

10. What does DU think about the role of psychologists in the context of Lewis and Rowley's article? n/t

[jotsy]

11. Thought police sprouting everywhere.

I feel like I'm watching winged birds get clipped for an applauding audience. Wake me and soon.

RECOMMENDED.

[bobthedrummer]

12. 1-11-11 WikiLeaks: Julian Assange returns to court and the latest developments (Simon Jeffery/

The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/jan/11/wikileaks-latest-developments

[bobthedrummer]

13. 1-12-11 WikiLeaks: Julian Assange has Rupert Murdoch "insurance files"

Founder also confirms WikiLeaks has more than 500 US diplomatic cables on one broadcasting organization (by Josh Halliday/The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/12/wikileaks-rupert-murdoch

Gee, only a tinfoil wrapped nut would think that our free press had government sanctioned political operatives posing as employees and running illegal propaganda operations as "news"
:sarcasm:

Rumsfeld's Roadmap to Propaganda
Secret Pentagon "roadmap" calls for "boundaries" between "information operations" abroad and at home but provides no actual limits as long as US doesn't "target" Americans
(The National Security Archive/Electronic Briefing Book 1-26-06)
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB177/index.htm

[bobthedrummer]

19. ^

[bobthedrummer]

20. 1-15-11 The Guardian WikiLeaks media page

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/wikileaks