| 2 Psychologists Who Helped Create Bush's CIA Torture Program to Face Trial |
| Saturday, 29 July 2017 14:36 |
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Fink writes: "A federal court judge refused on Friday to drop a lawsuit against two psychologists who helped devise the C.I.A.'s interrogation program after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, clearing the way for the case to proceed to a trial in September."
2 Psychologists Who Helped Create Bush's CIA Torture Program to Face Trial29 July 17
The suit is one of the few attempts to hold people accountable for harm caused by the Central Intelligence Agencys program in the years after the 2001 attacks. The three plaintiffs had argued that they were detained and tortured in secret C.I.A. prisons using techniques designed by the two former military psychologists, who served as C.I.A. contractors. Most of the techniques used against the detainees have since been banned by the United States government. |
federal court judge refused on Friday to drop a lawsuit against two psychologists who helped devise the 