As a student member of APA, I wasn't aware about this ethical controversy (guess I'm not well informed). So thanks to salon.com for putting this story together! It'll be interesting to see what goes down at the conference next month....

Thank for posting a follow-up on this story. It would probably have taken me much longer to even find out about this issue although I'm a member of APA. While reading up on this issue, I found this particular tidbit, which bothered me:

Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/27/ap/health/mainD8J4G7F0A.shtml

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060727/ap_on_he_me/psychologists_torture_1

"The American Medical Association last month adopted what many view as a stronger stand against physician involvement in prisoner interrogation, echoing a position held by the American Psychiatric Association, whose members are medical doctors. The U.S. military has indicated it will therefore favor using psychologists, who are not medical doctors and are not bound by the other groups' policies."

Would it be possible to post or link to APA's released 6-point response? I'd be curious about the original entire text. By the way, here's a link to the online petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/483607021?ltl=1150467493.

Thanks to salon.com for promptly posting APA's 6-point response letter! It wasn't there when I first read the article last night....