Group scraps detainee measure
The nation’s largest group of psychologists scrapped a measure that would have prohibited members from assisting interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other U.S. military detention centers.
The American Psychological Assn.’s policymaking council rejected a proposal to ban psychologists from taking part in interrogations “in which detainees are deprived of adequate protection of their human rights.”
Instead, the group approved a resolution that restricted members from interrogations that involved any of more than a dozen specific practices, including sleep deprivation.
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