Comments on: Stephen Soldz on BLBL and Medical Complicity in US Torture http://brokenlives.info/?p=57 Medical Evidence of Torture by the US Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:53:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Annie http://brokenlives.info/?p=57&cpage=1#comment-14 Annie Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:25:51 +0000 http://brokenlives.info/?p=57#comment-14 Can you please point me to resources that discuss under which authority and practice regulations psychologists, nurses, physicians and other licensed healthcare providers practice when they are "federalized"? And can you help me understand what the "supremacy" clause (if any) in the US constitution refers to as it was referenced by an ICE official to the Arizona State Board of Nursing in claiming that nurses in the DIHS practicing in AZ under ICE that the Board had no authority over their practice (as reported in the Dana Priest and Amy Goldstein's <b>Careless Detainee</b> series in the <b>Washington Post</b>). I believe that the US government is systematically, intentionally and programatically using these healthcare professionals as agents of abuse and torture. Yet, the ANA, AMA and APA (well - in this case, not an adequate stand) have taken no public stand, and the public is largely unaware. I appreciate so much your organization's work to uncovering these abominations and helping victims get treatment, relief and support. Can you please point me to resources that discuss under which authority and practice regulations psychologists, nurses, physicians and other licensed healthcare providers practice when they are “federalized”? And can you help me understand what the “supremacy” clause (if any) in the US constitution refers to as it was referenced by an ICE official to the Arizona State Board of Nursing in claiming that nurses in the DIHS practicing in AZ under ICE that the Board had no authority over their practice (as reported in the Dana Priest and Amy Goldstein’s Careless Detainee series in the Washington Post).

I believe that the US government is systematically, intentionally and programatically using these healthcare professionals as agents of abuse and torture. Yet, the ANA, AMA and APA (well – in this case, not an adequate stand) have taken no public stand, and the public is largely unaware.

I appreciate so much your organization’s work to uncovering these abominations and helping victims get treatment, relief and support.

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