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Prominent APA Member Resigns over Interrogation Policies

HeadlineOct 09, 2007

A prominent member of the American Psychological Association has resigned from the organization because the APA continues to condone psychologists’ work on interrogations at Guantánamo and CIA black sites. Marybeth Shinn is a former president of two APA divisions. She also criticized the APA leadership for discouraging dissent from its interrogation policies.

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