"The APA is the largest association of professional psychologists in the United States, and, indeed, the world. As such it plays a major role in setting standards for psychological research, practice, and education. Those standards are a primary mechanism that international standards for health professionals, including such international instruments as the Convention against Torture...The APA's complicity in the CIA torture program, by allowing psychologists to administer and calibrate permitted harm, undermines the fundamental ethical standards of the profession. If not carefully understood and rejected by the profession, this may portend a fundamental shift in the profession's relationship with the people it serves."Authors’ NoteThe authors began their analysis of the emails referenced in this report before the American Psychological Association (APA) initiated an independent investigation into alleged complicity between the APA and the Bush Administration related to the CIA and Department of Defense post­9/11 interrogation programs. The inquiry, led by attorney Mr. David Hoffman of Sidley Austin LLC and his colleagues, began in November 2014 and is still ongoing at the time of this report’s publication. The findings of the Hoffman Inquiry are expected to be released sometime in spring 2015.The authors have cooperated fully with Mr. Hoffman and his fellow investigators, and have made the evidence and findings presented in this report available to them. Although the authors’ analysis provides new evidence and sheds light on events relevant to the Hoffman Inquiry, the Hoffman report will reference primary sources and interviews far beyond the scope of the Gerwehr emails.The authors hope that the work of Mr. Hoffman and his colleagues will encourage accountability...…