Health Agency Urged to Probe CIA Torture Claims
Jun 10, 2010 (IPS) - Human rights groups are turning to an obscure government agency to investigate allegations that medical professionals on the payroll of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) helped the agency to perform experiments on detainees in U.S. custody following the terrorist attacks of Sep. 11, 2001, in an effort to make "enhanced interrogation techniques" more efficient and provide them with legal cover.
The organisations called a telephone press conference Wednesday to announce that since the Barack Obama administration has not responded to previous requests, they are asking the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, to launch an official investigation.
Their complaint contends that the CIA's Office of Medical Services (OMS) "conducted research and experimentation on detainees in U.S. custody and, in the process, likely violated federal regulations governing human subject research carried out by United States Government entities. These regulations are known as The Common Rule (45 CFR 46)."
Their complaint notes that the CIA is one of 17 federal agencies required by law to adhere to The Common Rule when conducting federally funded research on human beings. Continued





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