PHR Uncovers Evidence Bush/Cheney/CIA Conducted "Illegal/Unethical Human Experimentation & Research"

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Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) released today the results of a landmark investigation that, according to the organization's press release, "uncovered evidence that indicates the Bush administration apparently conducted illegal and unethical human experimentation and research on detainees in CIA custody." PHR is asking President Obama to "order the attorney general to undertake an immediate criminal investigation of alleged illegal human experimentation and research on detainees conducted by the CIA and other government agencies following the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001." They are also seeking other investigations by Congress, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Justice.
http://phrtorturepapers.org/

As PHR's White Paper -- "Experiments in Torture: Evidence of Human Subject Research and Experimentation in the 'Enhanced' Interrogation Program" (PDF) -- makes clear, illegal experimentation upon human subjects was an integral part of the Bush/Cheney/CIA "enhanced interrogation" program (EIP) from the very beginning. Medical and psychologist monitors were used to collect and analyze data from the EIP interrogations in order "to derive generalizable inferences to be applied to subsequent interrogations." The use of illegal experimentation both reveals the actual parameters of the torture program, and raises the stakes surrounding the need for accountability for these actions to a new level.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/6/7/873787/-Darkness-Visible:-Evidence-CIA-Engaged-in-Illegal-Human-Experimentation-on-Torture

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US medical staff experimented on terror suspects: report

By Lucile Malandain (AFP)

WASHINGTON — Medical personnel apparently experimented on terror detainees during CIA-led torture after the September 11 attacks, aiming to improve interrogation techniques, a human rights group said Monday.

"There is evidence that they were calibrating the harm inflicted by these techniques allegedly and also looking to extend their knowledge about the effects," said Nathaniel Raymond, from Physicians for Human Rights.

The group said it had used public records showing health professionals worked under the supervision of the Central Intelligence Agency during interrogations of "war on terror" detainees after the 2001 attacks.

The doctors and medical staff witnessed waterboarding, forced nudity, sleep deprivation, temperature extremes and prolonged isolation among other techniques.

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