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SCRA-L Div27 General Membership List [mailto:SCRA-L@LISTS.APA.ORG] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Brad Olson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 27 August 2007 23:01<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> SCRA-L@LISTS.APA.ORG<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [SCRA-L] Fwd: Pipher
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<span class=apple-style-span>American Psychological Association, 750 First
Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242</span><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span>President Brehm:</span><br>
<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>I am writing to inform you that I am returning my
Presidential Citation dated 2/02/06 and awarded to me by then President of the
American Psychological Association, Dr. Gerald Koocher. I have struggled for
many months with this decision, and I make it with pain and sorrow. I was
honored to receive this award and proud to be a member of APA. Over the years I
have spoken at national conventions many times and had enjoyed an excellent
relationship with the APA and its staff. With this letter, I feel as if I am
ostracizing a good friend. </span><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span>I do not want an award from an organization that
sanctions its members' participation in the enhanced interrogations at CIA
Black Sites and at Guantanamo. The presence of psychologists has both educated
the interrogation teams in more skillful methods of breaking people down and
legitimized the process of torture in defiance of the Geneva Conventions. </span><br>
<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>The behavior of psychologists on these enhanced
interrogation teams violates our own Code of Ethics (2002) in which we pledge to
respect the dignity and worth of all people, with special responsibility
towards the most vulnerable. I consider prisoners in secret CIA-run facilities
with no right of habeas corpus or access to attorneys, family or media to be
highly vulnerable. I also believe that when any of us are degraded, all of
human life is degraded. This letter is as much about us as it is about
prisoners. </span><br>
<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>In our Ethics Code we agree to promote honesty and
accuracy. Our involvement in these projects has been secretive and dishonest.
Finally, as psychologists we vow to do no harm. Without question, we violate
this oath when we allow people in our care to be deprived of sleep or subjected
to sensory over-stimulation or deprivation. </span><br>
<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>I cannot accept the August 19, 2007 Reaffirmation
of APA's Position Against Torture (Substitute Motion Three.) Under this motion,
psychologists will be allowed to continue working on interrogation teams that
are not subject to the Geneva Conventions. This motion places our organization
on the side of the CIA and Department of Defense and at odds with the United
Nations, The Red Cross, the American Psychiatric Association and the American
Medical Association. With this reaffirmation we have made a terrible mistake.</span><br>
<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>I know that the return of my Presidential Citation
from Dr. Koocher will be of small import, but it is what I can do to
disassociate myself from what I consider to be a heinous policy. All of my life
I have tried my best to stand up for those with no voices and no power. The
prisoners our government labels as enemy combatants are in this category. </span><br>
<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>I return my citation as a matter of conscience and
in the hopes that the APA will reconsider its current unethical position. We
have long been a wonderful organization that respected human rights and
promoted tolerance, kindness, and peace. Nothing is more fundamental to our
core orientation and professional service to others than our commitment to all
people's inherent dignity, safety and welfare. I hope my letter may be useful
in restoring the APA to its long-respected and important stance as a beacon of
integrity and kindness for all human beings. </span><br>
<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Respectfully,</span><br>
<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Dr. Mary Pipher</span></span></font><font size=2
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