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Another Prominent APA Member Resigns Over Interrogation Policies

HeadlineFeb 11, 2008

Another prominent member of the American Psychological Association has resigned to protest the organization’s stance allowing psychologists to be involved in CIA and military interrogations. The former chair of the APA’s Ethics Committee, Kenneth Pope, resigned earlier this month after twenty-nine years in the APA. In August, author Mary Pipher returned an award from the American Psychological Association to protest the group’s stance on torture.

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