Two psychologists who are allegedly responsible for having created the CIA's enhanced torture program are facing a lawsuit that has been launched by three victims of that torture program; filed by the ACLU.
The lawsuit, which has been in the works for several years, argues that the psychologists who are behind the making of the program, should be held financially liable for the psychological and physical effects that the victims had to endure.
A federal judge has just recently ordered that the case move to trial.
Two of the victims involved in the lawsuit are now free and back living in their own home countries, but the third victim allegedly died as a result of the torture.
The psychologists behind the creation of the program were allegedly paid between $75-81 million for their contract with the CIA.
Who Is Responsible?
What the victims are seeking is some accountability for the torture that took place. The psychologists who are credited with having created the program are James Mitchell and John Jessen.
According to the suit, the two men are accused of having taken part in designing the program, as well as promoting it, and sharing responsibility for its methods.
It's alleged that the victims had to undergo such torture as being locked in closed and claustrophobic boxes, being shackled in painful positions, being doused with water, and more. The third victim, who had been from Afghanistan, Gul Rahman, is said to have died from hypothermia after he was allegedly stripped of his clothing, doused with water, and then left shackled on a cold night to a concrete floor.
The family of Rahman is still waiting on confirmation as to what happened to their loved one. If the CIA is responsible for his death, they are still eager to know so that they can have closure.
It's expected that the two psychologists will stand trial in September of this year, against the accusations that they actively promoted torture methods like starvation and water-boarding. Not only that, but it's also argued that the two psychologists financially profited from the illegal torture that allegedly took place. The lawsuit will be heading to a jury trial and many hope that this will be the first time that there is some real accountability for the highly controversial and unlawful CIA torture program.
The psychologists, Mitchell and Jessen, have tried to argue that they were void of any responsibility for the CIA's activities and insist that the interrogations had nothing to do with them. It looks like they are hoping to pass the blame off onto the DOJ and the CIA. However, the court has thus far rejected their argument that they have no responsibility when it comes to the suffering of the victims who launched the suit.
Aside from many innocent men being swept-up in the highly inefficient war on terror and being subjected to this unjust torture, these unlawful methods also frequently failed to bring about any useful or valuable information. According to the Senate Intelligence Committee's report from several years ago, on the CIA's torture programs, they found that the torture failed to yield productive intelligence.
The trial is expected to begin September 5th and will take place in Spokane, Washington.
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Sources:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/most-guantanamo-detainees-are-innocent-ex-bush-official-1.804550
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/12/senate-report-blasts-cia-torture-methods.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/10/guantanamo-prisoner-september-11-trial-torture-testify
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/11/cia-torture-report-aftermath-daniel-jones-senate-investigation
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/aug/08/cia-torture-program-lawsuit-trial-enhanced-interrogation
http://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-cias-sadistic-dungeon
https://guardian.ng/news/cia-torture-psychologists-to-stand-trial/
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2014/july/27/end-torture-shut-down-the-cia/
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Only will work if the title is, Creators Of CIA Torture Program Is Headed To Be Tortured.
This is really ironic considering I am exhausted and thinking about Edward Snowden and my photo of him for a quick meme post is just done uploading.
I have had a tough few days man, God bless ya always with great information.
Nite man.
When we are are able to get rid of governments and central banks with a free market approach, we will seldom here of wars, theft through taxation, corruption, kidnapping, child porn, terrorism and especially human torture and slavery. Thanks for sharing this wonderful post.
Justice should be served , so many things like this happen and we never hear of it , people suffer , humanity was destroyed long ago..
There she is.
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Nite my friend, have a look at my comments connected above to this post.
I definitely will , have a goodnight my friend :)
Yikes, is this the world we live in. That millions of dollars are spent on torturing people. God!
I think it is probably 100's of millions. When you consider the Black Prison complex they established across the world. In Poland, Morroco, Albania and other places. That, Lear Jets were used by the snatch squads and that they always stayed in the best hotels. And let's not forget the salaries these teams were paid.
Ugh, disgusting. :S
This is a good news for all people in the world. We are waiting for the trial. Thanks sharing us your useful post. Regard from Aceh, Indonesia.
If all these types of attitude towards the victims are going on, them, I think the human right commission should be withdrawn from the work. Thanks for sharing such a valuable lesson. Have a great day friend happy steeming
it's good to know that these people will go into trial. they are just in for the money with no regard to inhuman methods they use.
it's great post
thank you !!
Thank you for bringing to light this crime !
Fn animals. It would be interesting to see what the outcome of this is.
I fail to see why these methods are so much more extreme than what we have heard about from previous investigators. I am not applauding torture. Methodology and persuing that methodolgy are entirely different. Call me clueless! 🐓🐓
Justice to those who were tortured and has nothing to do with terrorism.
fuck the cia
Baby steps on the road to justice. Convictions here could pave the way for the rest of the war criminals involved to finally be brought to justice - i'm hopeful but not optimistic...
These kinds of subversive activities in relation to National security fall under the same kinds of debate concerning the use of covert action. The fundamental issue was based on if such actions were legitimate and the argument was in relation to idealists vs. the pragmatists. How does the State accomplish self interest and appear legitimate.