--- title: Psychologist Group Could Soon Ban Involvement in Terror Interrogations description: The American Psychological Association is reportedly considering rules to prohibit psychologists from aiding government interrogations. canonical: https://time.com/3979563/psychologists-terror-interrogations/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-30T22:32:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:46:01.080Z article:section: Politics og:title: Psychologists Group May Ban Involvement in Terror Interrogations og:description: A new ethics policy could prohibit psychologists from helping to question terror suspects og:url: https://time.com/3979563/psychologists-terror-interrogations/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Psychologists Group May Ban Involvement in Terror Interrogations twitter:description: A new ethics policy could prohibit psychologists from helping to question terror suspects twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # U.S. Psychologists Group Could Soon Ban Involvement in Terrorism Interrogations by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jul 30, 2015 10:32 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jul 30, 2015 10:32 PM UTC A national psychologists group [could soon adopt new ethics rules](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/us/psychologists-group-may-quit-role-in-questioning-of-terror-suspects.html?smid=tw-nytimes) that would ban its members from participating in the questioning of terror suspects. The New York _Times_ reports the board of the American Psychological Association is considering a new ethics policy that would effectively prohibit psychologists from assisting in all national security investigations. A decision on whether or not the group will approve the policy could come as soon as next week. The potential ban would come in the wake of a report that purported to detail how[ APA officials worked in collaboration with the Bush Administration](http://time.com/3841576/american-psychological-association-torture/) to carry out and justify the government’s controversial interrogation program. According to the _Times_, the change in policy could hinder the Obama administration’s ability to hold and question some individuals suspected of terrorism. Read more at the [New York _Times._](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/us/psychologists-group-may-quit-role-in-questioning-of-terror-suspects.html?smid=tw-nytimes) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3979563/psychologists-terror-interrogations/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3979563/psychologists-terror-interrogations/"},"headline":"U.S. Psychologists Group Could Soon Ban Involvement in Terrorism Interrogations","datePublished":"2015-07-30T22:32:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:46:01.080Z","description":"The American Psychological Association is reportedly considering a new ethics policy that could prohibit psychologists from helping to question terror suspects","url":"https://time.com/3979563/psychologists-terror-interrogations/","keywords":["National Security","intelligence","CIA"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3979563/psychologists-terror-interrogations/","name":"U.S. Psychologists Group Could Soon Ban Involvement in Terrorism Interrogations"}}]}] ```