ACLU: Torture Continued-Even AFTER 2003 Directive Called For An End To Such Practices

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Apr 30, 11:14 PM EDT

ACLU: Pentagon documents highlight interrogation methods

By ADAM GOLDMAN
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- The military continued to use abusive interrogation methods on detainees after a 2003 directive meant to end such practices, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday after reviewing newly released documents.

The Department of Defense documents shed light on the use of psychologists in military interrogations and the failure of medical workers to report abuse of detainees, the ACLU said.

"The documents reveal that psychologists and medical personnel played a key role in sustaining prisoner abuse - a clear violation of their ethical and legal obligations," ACLU attorney Amrit Singh said.

A Pentagon spokesman said medical workers understood the responsibility to provide humane medical care to detainees.

more at:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DETAINEE_ABUSE_REPORT?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

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Justice Dept. Will Share Interrogation Opinions
Published: May 1, 2008

At the hearing, a department official, John P. Elwood, disclosed a previously unpublicized method to cloak government activities. Mr. Elwood acknowledged that the administration believed that the president could ignore or modify existing executive orders that he or other presidents have issued without disclosing the new interpretation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/washington/01justice.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=us&adxnnlx=1209647173-o+cb7p3O7DXIwpSf2x2CsQ

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1. psychology and medicine in service to the far right at Gitmo? Science?