Larry C. James is an American

United States

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 psychologist

Psychologist

Psychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...

, author and former officer in the United States Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

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James is notable for serving as Joint Task Force Guantanamo

Joint Task Force Guantanamo

Joint Task Force Guantanamo is a U.S. military joint task force based at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba on the southeastern end of the island. JTF-GTMO falls under US Southern Command...

's chief psychologist in 2003, and as Abu Ghraib

Abu Ghraib

The city of Abu Ghraib in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq is located just west of Baghdad's city center, or northwest of Baghdad International Airport. It has a population of 189,000. The old road to Jordan passes through Abu Ghraib...

's chief psychologist in 2004.

Military career

Military Career

	Walter Reed Walter Reed Major Walter Reed, M.D., was a U.S. Army physician who in 1900 led the team that postulated and confirmed the theory that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species, rather than by direct contact...	Served as the Chief of the Department of Psychology for five years.
2001	The Pentagon The Pentagon The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...	Chief Psychologist for the Mental Health Task Force
2003	Joint Task Force Guantanamo Joint Task Force Guantanamo Joint Task Force Guantanamo is a U.S. military joint task force based at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba on the southeastern end of the island. JTF-GTMO falls under US Southern Command...	Chief Psychologist, Joint Intelligence Group
2004	Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib The city of Abu Ghraib in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq is located just west of Baghdad's city center, or northwest of Baghdad International Airport. It has a population of 189,000. The old road to Jordan passes through Abu Ghraib...	Director, Behavioral Science Unit Behavioral Science Unit The Behavioral Science Unit is one of the instructional components of the FBI's Training Division at Quantico, Virginia. Its mission is to develop and provide programs of training, research, and consultation in the behavioral and social sciences for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and law... , Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center at Abu Ghraib

Post Military career

James has also served on the Presidential Task Force on Military Deployment Services for Youth, Families and Service Members.

In 2008 James was hired as the Dean of Wright State University

Wright State University

Wright State University is a comprehensive public university with strong doctoral, research, and undergraduate programs, rated among the 260 Best National Universities listed in the annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings by U.S. News and World Report. Wright State is located in Fairborn, Ohio,...

 School of Professional Psychology.

In 2008 he published a memoir, entitled: "Fixing Hell: An Army Psychologist Confronts Abu Ghraib".
A review in the Brooklyn Rail described the book as James's defense against insinuations he was a "torture shrink", and noted:

James admits that in 2002, the year before his tenure at Guantanamo, a team of CIA psychologists came to Cuba to train soldiers in harsh interrogation methods. But by James’ account, the whole point of his mission at Guantanamo, and then at Abu Ghraib, was to reverse the culture of abuse that resulted.

Trudy Bond, another psychologist, requested in 2008 that the Louisiana

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 State Board of Examiners of Psychologists review the ethics of James' work in Guantanamo.
When the board dismissed Bond's complaint she requested the Board's actions be reviewed.
State District Judge Mike Caldwell ruled he didn't have jurisdiction over the Board.
Bond is considering appealing Caldwell's decision.

See also

• Nuremberg Code
  Nuremberg Code
  The Nuremberg Code is a set of research ethics principles for human experimentation set as a result of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials at the end of the Second World War.-Background:...
  
  
• John Leso
  John Leso
  Major John Francis Leso is an American psychologist and officer in the United States Armed Services, who is reported to have aided JTF-GTMO interrogators in their interrogations. Dr. Leso is notable for his consultation on the interrogation of Mohammed al-Qahtani, the alleged 20th 9/11 hijacker...
  
  
• James Elmer Mitchell
  James Elmer Mitchell
  James Elmer Mitchell is a psychologist who was the architect of the U.S. torture program after 9/11. A United States Air Force retiree, Mitchell was hired in 2002 by the Central Intelligence Agency with Bruce Jessen to design their enhanced interrogation techniques...
  
  
• Behavioral Science Consultation Team
  Behavioral Science Consultation Team
  The Department of Defense authorized Behavioral Science Consultation Teams to study the detainees it holds in extrajudicial detention.The teams are controversial because some critics consider their participation in what is called enhanced interrogation of detainees in the war on terror a breach of...
  
  

External links

• Top Bush-era GITMO and Abu Ghraib psychologist is WH's newest appointment Glenn Greenwald
• Human rights group wants Wright State psychology dean’s license revoked
• Testimony of Colonel Larry C. James