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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 04:04 AM Nov 2013

CIA made doctors torture suspected terrorists after 9/11, taskforce finds

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

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CIA made doctors torture suspected terrorists after 9/11, taskforce finds (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 OP
Isn't that nice Savannahmann Nov 2013 #1
Sounds illegal. grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #2
We're no longer the good guys. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalLoner Nov 2013 #4
Really? Any REAL doctor would not torture anyone under any circumstances. They called themselves kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #5
yes, really. and you may not want to face it but doctors are just people cali Nov 2013 #9
K&R n/t JohnyCanuck Nov 2013 #6
Read this earlier malaise Nov 2013 #7
In what way will Bush and Cheney pay? 99Forever Nov 2013 #8
Nobody MADE them do it BrotherIvan Nov 2013 #10
they had no ethical codes if they violated them for torture. none. spanone Nov 2013 #11
The Bush administration was truly a criminal enterprise. Cali_Democrat Nov 2013 #12
And nobody of importance will be brought to justice Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 #13
I will not buy into that claim until hootinholler Nov 2013 #15
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #14
not surprised gopiscrap Nov 2013 #16

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kelliekat44

(7,759 posts)
5. Really? Any REAL doctor would not torture anyone under any circumstances. They called themselves
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 07:41 AM
Nov 2013

"doctors" as so many do who have lost all sense of the intended humanity of physicians.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
9. yes, really. and you may not want to face it but doctors are just people
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 10:26 AM
Nov 2013

ergo there are lousy human beings who are docs. And yes, they are "real" doctors.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
8. In what way will Bush and Cheney pay?
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 10:02 AM
Nov 2013

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)
10. Nobody MADE them do it
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 02:57 PM
Nov 2013

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.

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
13. And nobody of importance will be brought to justice
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 03:10 PM
Nov 2013

which is the travesty.
The orders came from the highest levels of government.


"Befehl ist Befehl"

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
15. I will not buy into that claim until
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 04:25 PM
Nov 2013

Everyone of importance in that period are dead.

Even then, I'm not sure I would make that claim.

NGU!

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