Just to be clear: The NY Times article I link to below describes
the report that was released and some of the circumstance around
it which the APA response posted by Chris Green addresses.
The actual reported is also accessible via the NY Time website
at:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/01/us/document-report.html
This can be read on the NYT website or downloaded as a PDF.
Note: the PDF is 61 pages long.
-Mike Palij
New York University
[email protected]
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On Fri, 01 May 2015 07:51:24 -0700, Christopher Green wrote:
On May 1, 2015, at 10:00 AM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote:
Make up your own mind:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/us/report-says-american-psychological-association-collaborated-on-torture-justification.html?emc=edit_th_20150501&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=389166&_r=0
APA's response to NYT article:
April 30, 2015
APA Public and Member Communications
Statement from APA in response to April 30, 2015 New York Times article
Members have contacted the APA Central Office expressing concerns about
this
morning's New York Times article which recirculated allegations about
APA
support for the CIA's torture program. We understand those concerns.
APA
senior governance and staff take the allegations of support for torture
and the
public misunderstanding they have created very seriously.
When James Risen first made his allegations last October we released a
statement refuting them
(http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/11/risen-allegations.aspx ).
However, due to the seriousness of the allegations we believed that they
required an independent and definitive review. As you know, outside
attorney
David Hoffman of the law firm Sidley Austin was asked to conduct such a
review.
Mr. Hoffman has broad experience in conducting independent reviews and
an
unchallenged reputation for independence and integrity. His work on the
review
is ongoing.
Mr. Hoffman's review is fully independent and it is important that it be
perceived as such by the public. Toward that end, and while the review
is
on-going, APA is not making any comment on the merit of the allegations.
Mr.
Hoffman has full and unfettered access to the people and documents he
deems
necessary for the review - to the extent APA can control such access.
His
report will determine the facts. While we are hopeful that the report
will
clear APA's name (especially since the allegations are so antithetical
to
psychology's mission and APA's actual work) we believe that it is
important
that Mr. Hoffman be given as much time as he needs to do a thorough
review.
Regardless of the outcome, we believe the independent review is critical
to the
Association being able to move forward.
We tentatively expect the review to be completed later this spring or
early
this summer but the final completion schedule will be determined by Mr.
Hoffman. Once it is completed and the report received and reviewed by
the APA
Board of Directors (with input from the APA Council of Representatives)
it will
be made public, in its entirety, along with any initial responsive
actions that
APA determines are needed. The Council will also have a second
opportunity to
review the report and take additional actions during its August meeting.
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When the report is released, we will undertake a proactive
communications
program to inform members and the general public of the report findings.
That
outreach will include contact with national and international media,
social
media outreach and a same-day communications to all APA members.
In terms of what APA has done today, we have shared a response statement
with
media and have also posted a response to Facebook and Twitter. More
information is also available on the APA website. If you are interested
in a
full chronology of APA's action and policies concerning national
security
interrogations see:
http://www.apa.org/news/press/statements/interrogations.aspx
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