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human subjects. While he could not specify what aspects of this coverage he felt were 'inaccurate and misleading,' he did insist: 'The research conducted by our research team at the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is not, and never has been, conducted for any other purpose than to help us understand the pathophysiology of stress disorders and we might better help in the treatment of veterans.' In making his mea culpa, Dr. Morgan never mentions that some of this research was funded (over $ 400,000) by the Army and the Office of Naval Research. He doesn't mention his acquaintance with "great people who do military interrogations." He also forgets to cite his book contribution, where he states (emphasis added): 'The SERE training environment affords the military services the opportunity to collaborate with various other government agencies in exploring old and new techniques in gathering human intelligence.' Of course, he neither confirms nor denies his affiliation with the CIA, an affiliation which I have traced to the CIA's Science and Technology directorate, through his association (large PDF) with the Intelligence Technology Innovation Center, which is 'a research organization under the CIA's authority' that 'answers directly to the CIA's Science and Technology directorate.' But most of all, Dr. Morgan's arrows fall way short of his target, as I have never accused him of personal involvement in the reverse-engineering of SERE techniques for use in the torture program. What is disturbing is his seeming lack of concern over the possibility that the research he helped conduct was either used to further experiments upon torture victims in the CIA's clandestine prisons, or contrariwise, was withheld from Office of Legal Counsel lawyers who relied upon CIA advice concerning the effects of techniques derived from the SERE schools. What is indisputable is that by virtue of his position, Dr. Morgan had access to CIA officials just at the time that another department of the CIA, one to which he is affiliated, was, according to the CIA's own Office of Inspector General Report (large PDF) involved in vetting the SERE techniques for use in interrogations. The other department was the Office of Technical Services (OTS), part of the CIA's Science and Technology Directorate.
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cites one of Morgan's articles himself – see footnote 9 to his paper.) In a June 2000 article, 'Assessment of Humans Experiencing Uncontrollable Stress: The SERE Course,' in Special Warfare (PDF), Morgan and his Special Operations psychologist co-author cite 'recorded changes in cortisol levels' among individuals subjected to SERE techniques as 'some of the greatest ever documented in humans.' As Professor O'Mara notes in his own essay, a 'substantial increase in cortisol levels has a deleterious effect on memory.' The same article described testosterone levels falling in male subjects to below castration levels. Another article by Morgan and his team looked at dissociative psychological effects of SERE techniques upon human subjects. (Dissociation produces symptoms such as depersonalization, derealization, psychic or emotional numbing, and general cognitive confusion.) Results: In study 1, 96% of subjects reported dissociative symptoms in response to acute stress. Total scores, as well as individual item scores, on the dissociation scale were significantly lower in Special Forces soldiers compared to general infantry troops. In study 2, 42% of subjects reported dissociative symptoms before stress and 96% reported them after acute stress.
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The researcher, Charles A. Morgan III, has identified himself, in certain settings, as a CIA behavioral scientist...The 'CIA Experiments' article described some of the research Dr. Morgan and his associates have conducted using SERE trainees, many of them Special Forces personnel. (Professor O'Hara
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One of the authors of these reports, Charles A. Morgan III, M.D., who has identified himself in certain settings as a 'Senior Research Scientist' on the CIA's Behavioral Science Staff, has criticized my coverage of CIA experiments on the psychological and physiological effects of SERE training upon
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Morgan has written over 100 peer reviewed science papers about PTSD and the nature of acute stress on human cognition and military performance. Morgan's research has been conducted, in part, at military training sites (such as Survival School) because, unlike traditional laboratory settings, these
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According to a 2015 report solicited by the American Psychological Association, and written by David H. Hoffman and other colleagues at the law firm Sidley Austin LLP, Dr. Morgan was a contract worker for the CIA in the early 2000s. Morgan was interviewed for this report. According to Hoffman, et
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Dr. Charles Morgan III, a leading scientist in the field of PTSD, has identified a lack of information in the area of preventing PTSD and has plans to conduct research in this area as well as several planned studies to determine methods of prevention for PTSD (National Center for
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al., Dr. Morgan worked under CIA psychologist Kirk Hubbard in the Agency's Research and Analysis Branch of the CIA's Operational Assessment Division, which the report describes as focused on psychological assessment of spies and potential spies.
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Report to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Association Independent Review Relating to APA Ethics Guidelines, National Security Interrogations, and Torture
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Charles A. Morgan III; Sheila Wang; John Mason; Steven M. Southwick; Patrick Fox; Gary Hazlett; Dennis S. Charney; Gary Greenfield (2001). Steven Hyman (ed.).
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David H. Hoffman; Danielle J. Carter; Cara R. Viglucci Lopez; Heather L. Benzmiller; Ava X. Guo; S. Yasir Latifi; Daniel C. Craig (2015-09-04).
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Amanda O'Donnell; Charles A. Morgan; Emil Jovanov; Frank Andrasik; Michael C. Prevost; David J. Blower (October 2002).
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Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Training: Preparing Military Members for the Demands of Captivity
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who has worked on how stress interacts with the neurobiological basis of
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venues offer an opportunity to evaluate the impact of realistic stress
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Hormone Profiles i nHumans Experiencing Military Survival Training
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Anthony P. Doran; Gary Hoyt; Charles A. Morgan III (2006-08-18).
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Military Psychology: Clinical and Operational Applications
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Charles A. Morgan, III
post-traumatic stress disorder
National Center for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
hardiness
Yale University
SERE
extended interrogation methods
The New York Times
Investigation Discovery
psychopathic
"Yale School of Medicine"
the original
Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Training: Preparing Military Members for the Demands of Captivity
Military Psychology: Clinical and Operational Applications
Guiford Publications
ISBN
978-1-57230-724-7
"The relationship between Post Traumatic Stress and physical fitness and the impact of Army fitness policy on Post Traumatic Stress prevention"
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
the original
Hormone Profiles i nHumans Experiencing Military Survival Training
Stress and the Brain: The Science of Mental Health
Routledge
ISBN
978-0-8153-3752-2
"The Warfighter's Stress Response: Telemetric and Noninvasive Assessment"
the original
"Soviet-Style 'Torture' Becomes 'Interrogation'"
The New York Times
the original

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