PENS

In response to pressure from the public and members of the APA, former APA president Gerald Koocher handpicked a 10-member "Task Force on Psychological Ethics and National Security" (known as PENS) to write up "general guidelines" concerning whether or not the current Code of Ethics adequately addresses "the ethical dimensions of psychologists 'involvement in national security-related activities." the task force report concluded that the current Ethics Code does indeed provide enough guidance and that "it is consistent with the APA Ethics Code for psychologists to serve in consultative roles to interrogation and information-gathering processes for national security-related purposes."

Deborah Kory: Psychologists Aiding and Abetting Torture 2008

Oh! And PENS! on October 20, 2009 at 6: 16 pm Ceeej

Outward Facing Strapline « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

Hey, according to the website – PENS ARE PROVIDED.

In the Realm of “What I’m Doing” reudaly 2009

Because what they really need is more PENS « Planning the Day

Because what they really need is more PENS « Planning the Day 2009

This fact was first reported in 2005, within days of the release of the APA's PENS [Psychological Ethics and National Security] report and was officially acknowledged by the Defense Department in its

Open Letter in Response to the American Psychological Association Board 2009

In an article on the NPR interview, I quoted material from the PENS listserv indicating that he made many of the same arguments to the task force, and was largely ignored, but met with no objection from other members.

APA ethics policy-maker clarifies defense of torture; reveals American Psychological Association - Pentagon collusion 2009

PENS task force to examine the ethics of psychologist participation in national security interrogations of detainees.

The American Psychological Association and the Missing Ethics Investigation 2009

The recently public posting on the Propublica web site of the listserv from the American Psychological Association's secretive 2005 PENS [Psychological Ethics and National Security] task force has again focused attention on the nature of this task force and on potential collusion between the APA and the Pentagon to provide "ethical" cover for psychologists aiding Bush administration interrogations at Guantanamo, the CIA's "black sites," and in in Iraq and Afghanistan.

APA ethics policy-maker clarifies defense of torture; reveals American Psychological Association - Pentagon collusion 2009

Gelles, a member of the association's 2005 PENS [Psychological Ethics and National Security] task force, was himself accused of ethics violations during the interrogation of Navy Petty Officer Daniel King.

The American Psychological Association and the Missing Ethics Investigation 2009

At the time the task force was convened, and even after the Task Force report was published, the membership of the PENS task force remained secret.

The American Psychological Association and the Missing Ethics Investigation 2009