“…One element of such environments is the role of power, and the assigning of authority or power to individuals to perpetrate torture (Keltner, Gruenfeld, & Anderson, 2003). Physicians, psychologists, and other health care professionals may, through their actions and a conflict with “dual loyalties,” transfer legitimacy to a torture situation, supporting an illusion for all participants that some form of therapy or medical purpose is being pursued (Crosby, Apovian, & Grodin, 2007; Kottow, 2006). These issues have been part of the current debate regarding the documented role of psychologists and other health professionals in the interrogation and torture training related to the “war on terror” (Miles, 2006, 2007; Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, 2006).…”