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NPR’s Foregone Conclusion
In late April 2009, I was interviewed by Alix Spiegel of NPR and quoted in a spot that aired on their “All Things Considered” program. Although I provided hours of background information, an article on waterboarding and my experience being waterboarded, and was interviewed for an additional three hours, NPR chose five minutes of various statements and misapplied them in order to create the statement they wanted to make, not the position I hold. Although it would be impossible for me to give a statement-by-statement refutation of their presentation, I will discuss a few general points, and may update my comments in the future. I am simply not going to spend my time tracking down…
OPEN LETTER TO MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY
MAY 16, 2009
Over the years, I have granted interviews to a various publications on matters pertaining to clinical psychology. I have done so with the intention to inform, educate and persuade both the professional and lay community on matters that I believe are important to the practice of psychology and to the defense of our nation. I believe that it is the responsible obligation of citizens to debate matters that affect policy, health, freedom, as well as US and world opinion. I also believe that free, open and honest expression, in pursuit of the truth, is…
THE SOLDZ LIE
THE TRUTH ABOUT Stephen Soldz and his “carefully constructed tale.”
Stephen Soldz, the self-styled crusading psychoanalyst who loudly criticizes military psychologists, has written a number of articles he believes “expose” various secretive plots and collusions between the U.S. Military and the American Psychological Association, as well as unethical activities of active duty clinical psychologists who have served in the Global War on Terror. In particular, he has focused his suspicions and accusations…