Seminar for Psychologists and Interrogators on Rethinking the Psychology of Torture
November 10-12, 2007 Georgetown University Washington, DC
Intelligence Ethics Collection
Hoover Institution Archives
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace Stanford University
Contents List
Psy SR Seminar File 1 (File 2 with Final Report will follow in 2008)
- Preparatory letter to Seminar participants from Psychologists for Social Responsibility, October 30, 2006
- Packet for Seminar participants and items distributed during Seminar
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- Seminar Program
- Map of Georgetown University
- Ray Bennett’s address on torture interrogation, delivered by audio-recording to the Division 48 Symposium on Human Rights, Torture, and Professional Responsibility, American Psychological Association’s 114th Annual Convention, August 10-13, 2006, New Orleans
- Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions
- “Torture Was Taught by CIA,” article published in Baltimore Sun, January 27, 1997
- KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation Training Manual, July, 1963
- Statement on Interrogation Practices to the House Committee on the Armed Forces, anti-torture statement signed by 20 former army interrogators, July 31, 2006
- Script of You, the Interrogator, monologue compiled by Jean Maria Arrigo
- Notes by Seminar Participants
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- Arrigo’s notes, with corrections and comments by participating interrogators Ray Bennett, Tim Benedict and John DuForest (pseudonyms)
- Flier for Georgetown University student-sponsored discussion, “Rethinking the Psychology of Torture,” with Ray Bennett, Ali Moghaddam, Colleen Cordes, and Jean Maria Arrigo, November 12, 2006,
- Press release: Preliminary Findings of the Seminar on Rethinking the Psychology of Torture Conference, dated November 13, 2006, prepared by Jean Maria Arrigo, Ray Bennett, and Colleen Cordes
- Oral history interview with Ray Bennett, Part I, November 13, 2006, conducted by J.M. Arrigo [restricted until January 1, 2020]
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- Arrigo’s post-interview notes
- Background information on military tests mentioned in Bennett’s interview