Richard J. Codey Immortalized on Canvas -- at Taxpayer Expense!

Continuing obstructions directed at this site make it impossible for me to change the image in my profile today: February 3, 2007 at 11:49 A.M. See: http://cinedestin.privatedns.com/films/u/une/unelueurdanslanuit.jpg


"A portrait of former Gov. Richard J. Codey of New Jersey was unveiled yesterday in the Senate in Trenton, with Mr. Codey presiding as Senate president. He called the event 'a second public hanging,' [if only it were so!] referring to the installation just this month of the portrait of his predecessor, James E. McGreevey. He also said that if those who knew him as a young man 'were told that my picture would hang in a public place, their first guess would have been a post office.' ..." The New York Times, January 30, 2007, at p. B5.

Freudian slip, Richard?

In a state which has come to symbolize Capone-like rule by the mob, which is characterized by a tainted and corrupt judiciary indulging in illegal sexual favors, where judges accept payoffs, where justices "gag" their judicial brethren for criticizing the death penalty, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, where billions of dollars disappear from the public treasury, where $100 million in public money is stolen by state hospital facilities, even as medical personnel trade in diseased body parts, where child molesters and child porn vendors are "affiliated" with state government -- in such a state, further waste of public funds on portraits even of heroic figures who are bound to play such a large role in U.S. history -- such as Richard J. Codey -- seems a tad excessive.

I suggest saving public funds to see if teachers' pensions can be paid, somehow, and if some of those many failing schools in New Jersey can be rescued. I would try to find a way to pay cops and firemen more money, also to come up with a selection process for judges and justices that removes politics and payoffs from the hopelessly tainted system which is now in place.

People throughout the United States have come to wonder how men and women in black robes in New Jersey, persons who are so visibly corrupt and lacking even in minimal "intellectual capacity" or professionalism, so willing to shield heinous offenders (like Tuchin and Riccioli), while indulging in cover ups and criminal frauds designed to deprive the public of its hard-earned money -- how do such persons wear black robes and "judge" the ethics of others? Ethics? In New Jersey? Nah, badda-bing, badda-boom. Same old, same old ... ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")

It is a mystery. Perhaps there comes a point when so-called "justices" are so sold-out, corrupt, bemerded by their actions -- and inactions -- that they lose any perspective or appreciation for the hypocrisy, duplicity and malice in their own dismally flawed and vomit-stained decisions. This may explain the New Jersey Supreme Court's undisguised pleasure in upholding death penalty sentences for urban minority males, who they know will be its only victims.

I am looking forward to this year's portraits of the New Jersey Supreme Court's "distinguished" justices. Aren't you?

Bob Menendez Has Not Been Indicted Today!

I have just spent about twenty-five minutes struggling to get into my blogs; I am unable to change the image in my profile AGAIN; viruses and spyware, together with other obstructions, are a daily feature of my writing experience. I find this an encouraging sign that I am writing well and communicating effectively. This is the image that I would have used today to capture my mood. http://www.blackstate.com/images/biko.jpg

Let us ask New Jersey's backroom "power-brokers": Is the use of political baseball bats against critics (only when their backs are turned, of course) acceptable in the Garden State? http://orig.app.com/templateimages/njpowerbrokers/mugs/gnorcross.jpg


Amy Fagan, "Senate Hopes to Hinge on Corruption Charges in N.J.," in The Washington Times, October 29, 2006 at http://www.washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20061017-010800-8774r
David Kocieniewski & Ray Rivera, "Waterfront Project Reflects 2 Images of a Senator," The New York Times, October 29, 2006, at p. A1.

"BAYONNE, N.J. -- Senator Robert Menendez is not directly involved in building the new waterfront development that will soon rise here in the Shadow of the Statue of Liberty. But his influence can be seen throughout it."

"The project which occupies the 437-acre site of the abandoned Military Ocean Terminal, is being built with the help of nearly $30 MILLION [emphasis really added -- AND HOW!] in federal funds that Mr. Menendez secured using his trademark policy expertise and aggressive politicking. His work provided the seed money for a plan to produce movie studios and shops, marinas and waterfront parks, and 6,600 homes."

"The project also produced considerable work for some of his chief political supporters [and contributors?] ."

Hey, you think all those political contributors might be grateful for the chance to make lots of money thanks to good old Bob? And if they are, do you think they'll send him a Christmas Card at least? Maybe when no one's looking? What do you think?

"The first major contract to develop the site went to a company that hired a Menendez friend and political confidant, Donald Scarinsci," -- known in Hudson County as "the Donald" -- "to lobby for it. That developer later took on Mr. Menendez's former campaign treasurer, Carl Goldberg, as partner. Bonds for a portion of the project were underwritten by Dennis Enright, a top campaign contributor, while Kay LiCausi, a former Menendez Congressional aide and major fundraiser, received lucrative work lobbying for the project."

That $30 MILLION in "seed" money came from the tax payers, just like the money received by the organization which paid $300,000 to Bob in rents over ten years, while they were receiving federal money.

Mr. Menendez says that he had nothing to do with the hiring of these people. It came as news to him that they are doing so well. How about that, Bob? Funny how things work out, huh?

"Republicans have portrayed Mr. Menendez as a modern-day political boss, presiding over an apparatus not of union stewards, ward heelers and precinct captains, but of lawyers, developers and lobbyists who fill his campaign coffers."

When Hudson County politicians speak to working men asking for votes, they should first say -- "turn your head and cough." This is because they usually have a firm grip, as it were, on men's income and peace of mind in this blue collar territory. As a result, Amy Fagan points out in The Washington Times,

"The same Democratic leaders who have long hoped to regain control of Congress by blasting a Republican 'culture of corruption' are in danger of losing their shot at the Senate because of accusations of corruption against Senator Robert Menendez."

Tom Kean sighed with some understandable frustration -- "People deserve to know if their senator is the only senator under federal criminal investigation." You think so, Tom?

Efforts to destroy this blog, or the writings and creative works of critics, will not alter the political realities of the nation's most foul-smelling political turf -- realities which are even now being transferred to the national level. Intimidating publishers of critics or discouraging creative efforts will not stop those committed to speaking truth to power. Take another look at the image I would have posted today. I will keep writing:

"... 57 percent of [New Jersey] voters feel the questions about Mr. Menendez are serious."

No matter what happens to me, this will not change.

"Michael Torpey said, 'The issue of corruption is clearly resonating with people."

My question to New Jersey voters is this: Look at your children and tell them about your state, also the United States of America and the U.S. Senate, then ask yourself whether Hudson County politics and what you know is the truth about power in that place is what you wish to see in the U.S. Senate and in your children's lives?

Vote your conscience. Fight for those children's future.

Political Corruption in New Jersey and Cancer.

Laura Masnerus, "Development on a Toxic Site Draws Scrutiny in New Jersey," in The New York Times, October 2, 2006, at B1.

"WEEHAWKEN, N.J., Sept. 26 -- Hadsome new townhouses selling for more than $2 MILLION hug the waterfront here, and more are on the way. On a curve in the river that offers spectacular views of Manhattan and New York Harbor, earthmovers are at work on a public park."

"But in the view of some environmentalists, the development on this immensely valuable sliver of shoreline is an experiment of sorts because of what lies beneath it: dirt spotted with hexavalent chromium, a manufacturing component that has been identified as a cause of lung cancer, liver and kidney damage and mutilations to human DNA."

"Hudson County is the nation's chromium-waste center, with almost 200 sites where [lethal chromium] was dumped decades ago."

How is it possible that all of the agencies of New Jersey government failed to protect citizens from this public health hazzard? Where were the people's elected officials? Posing for portraits?

"The state and local authorities have approved everything the developer, Roseland Properties has done, and they say the clean-up has far exceeded their standards."

I bet they do.

I wonder why these approvals have been so easily obtained? Have state officials been receiving Broadway tickets and free dinners? Is this merely about cold hard cash? Inquiring minds want to know. Is the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) looking into representations made by attorneys on behalf of backers of this development project to ensure that they were "accurate"? If not, why not?

After all, if representations made on the record that it is "safe" to develop properties for luxury residential use are false -- and known to be false -- when made by attorneys on behalf of developers, then human lives may be endangered from all the hidden health risks, like carcinogens buried under the foundations of people's homes. I think that such falsehoods, if any, are unethical. Don't you? Whatta-ya say, Anne?

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection "allowed the waterfront project to proceed even though various environmental groups and some scientists in the state agency contend that in residential areas, a [dirt] cap can never be protective enough."

Residents of these fancy new homes may have a little surprise coming their way. Don't you want liver cancer as part of the price of your new home? It is only a small part of the courtesy you receive from New Jersey's crooked politicians and lawyers. Enjoy.

"Several other agency scientists" -- these are the supposed state regulators! -- "speaking on condition of anonymity because they FEARED RETRIBUTION, said that the Department of Environmental Protection had bent to political pressure to speed [so-called] cleanups."

You don't say? New Jersey's corrupt politics affects decisions bearing on public safety? I am shocked. How could that be true? It would mean that politicians, lawyers and even judges are corrupt. Is it possible that, in a state so seemingly "concerned" about whether public officials wear a safety belt in their cars or receive traffic tickets, such vile and loathsome evil passes for governmental action in the public interest? Where's the New Jersey Supreme Court? Where is the state's new Attorney General, Stuart Rabner? Where is U.S. Senator Robert Menendez? Ethics?

"Where" indeed.

If you have information pertaining to governmental corruption in New Jersey, please contact the U.S. Attorney's Office or the FBI.

New Jersey's Attorney General Forced to Resign.

Laura Masnerus & David W. Chen, "Corzine Attorney General Out in Ethics Breach," in The New York Times, August 16, 2006, at P. A1.


New Jersey's Attorney General, Zulima Farber, was evidently getting too close to arresting important behind the scenes hoodlums in New Jersey, so she has been forced to resign. Neither she nor her partner were issued summonses of any kind after a recent traffic stop. Her mere presence at the scene, allegedly, created the "appearance" of "impropriety."

All allegations concerning traffic offenses arising from or concerning this incident are unsupported by any conviction. They are, legally, meaningless. Strangely, however, they continue to be repeated in the press. This incident has now resulted in Ms. Farber's resignation from office.

Ms. Farber has been smeared and (allegedly) "disgraced," by being forced to resign because of an "ethics breach." The implied threat to Corzine and Menendez -- the latter was curiously absent from the scene -- is obvious. Has there been a change of sides by one of these gentlemen? Is there a secret deal that we should know about? "On the one hand; but on the other hand ... " Menendez said.

This confirms my suspicions that the entire situation in Fairview was a set up, aimed at getting the A.G. in an awkward position. Gratuitous insults of Ms. Farber were provided, as salt on the wound, after Ms. Farber's resignation. John H. Adler, a Democrat from Camden County (need I say more?) -- with an unpleasant lack of gallantry -- slurred into a microphone:

"I'm glad we can put this sad chapter behind us and look for an Attorney General of the highest intelligence" -- implying that Ms. Farber is not too bright -- "competence and integrity [this means that Ms. Farber, unforgivably, was actually seeking to do her job and put an end to corruption!] to restore a department that once again has been disappointed by failed leadership."

It is the people of New Jersey who should be disappointed by "failed leadership" and the Beirut-like dual sovereignty afflicting that much-suffering state, where elected officials act only at the behest of behind-the-scenes operatives and bosses, who call the shots -- shots that are aimed at the few honest public officials left in this most "hapless jurisdiction" (New York Times) that is home to organized crime and exploding cancer rates.

Mayor Healy and now Ms. Farber have been subjected to suspicious attacks in the press, after bizarre encounters with local police. I wonder who is next? Perhaps former Newark Mayor Sharpe James can be made both a scapegoat and distraction by the Trenton gang, through their friends in the media. Are reporters paid under or over the table by the Jersey boys?

New Jersey's Supreme Court justices are intimidated. I call that intimidation -- and a climate of fear and corruption in Trenton -- an "ethics breach." I will not be "anonymous," as I do so. I will not hesitate to speak out against corruption and the moral cancer that has devoured the Garden State's so-called legal system, which is more like a system of secret favors and deals.

"Have a nice day!" says a sign on the Turnpike, but only as fortunate drivers leave the state. They must have know something about the politics of their home state when they posted that sign, envying all of those persons lucky enough to escape it. The good people of New Jersey deserve better from political leaders. New Jersey's residents and those who care about them must continue to struggle to change that jurisdiction's dreadful political reality and permanently tainted reputation.

In the same issue of the newspaper it is reported that "several groups yesterday asked a Federal District Court in Newark to overturn an ordinance passed by the town of Riverside banning the hiring and housing of illegal immigrants. The groups including the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, assert that the town law unconstitutionally assumes powers rightfully handled by the federal government. The lawsuit seeks $10 million in damages." The New York Times, August 16, 2006, at p. B4.

Bogoda, New Jersey had very good community relations, until a recent English-only ordinance was passed. This sort of division between people is used by the Jersey Syndicate to distract voters, so that their pockets can be picked. Here is what a real "ethics breach" looks like:

"The former accounts manager of the Hoboken Housing Authority pleaded guilty to embezzelment in Federal District Court yesterday, prosecutors said. The former manager Eric D. Hurt, 38, of Jersey City, admitted writing 34 checks, totaling $111,083, to himself over two and a half years, said Christopher J. Christie, the United States Attorney for New Jersey. Mr. Hurt used the money to buy personal items, Mr. Christie said. He faces up to 13 years in prison at sentencing set for November 21." John Holl, "Former Manager Admits Embezzelment," in The New York Times, August 17, 2006, at p. B6.

Here is another little ethics breach that has put CHILDREN'S LIVES in jeopardy:

"Five days a week for two years, parents in this rural township [Franklyn Township] in southern New Jersey would drop off their children, some as young as 8 months old, at Kiddie Kollege, a day care center where these days wilted pansies go unattended outside the locked front door."

"But what the parents did not know was that the unattractive one story building, about 30 miles south of Philadelphia, was the site of a former mercury thermometer factory and that their children, who spent up to 10 hours a day there, were being exposed to what the Department of Environmental Protection described last month as unacceptably high levels of mercury."

"A third of the 60 children tested have shown abnormally high levels of mercury in their systems. And while experts have said the levels of mercury found in urine specimens are not high enough to indicate health problems, they are high enough to require long term monitoring, and the ultimate health implications will not be known for years."

Here is another of the real reasons for the Attorney General's forced departure:

"But what is clear, and what is now the subject of investigation by the state attorney general, is that the responsibility for cleaning up and inspecting the building slipped ... through the fingers of state agencies" -- I wonder why? -- "local officials and the building's owner [Who is that?] who in February 2004 allowed Kiddie Kollege to open."

Tina Kelly, "After Mercury Pollutes a Day Care Center, Everyone Points Elsewhere," in The New York Times, August 19, 2006, at p. B1.

It is unfortunate when discrimination and corrupt politics forces the resignation of an honest and highly ethical public official, like Ms. Farber. It is especially troublesome and damaging for the state's taxpayers to pay through the nose for politicians' illegal discrimination that is clearly aimed at Latinos and other immigrants, by shelling out millions of dollars in damages because of lawsuits. Maybe that is what it will take to end the corruption -- more lawsuits and protest.

I am sure that it is a great comfort to parents who may see their children become ill, as a result of governmental incompetence (or worse), to know that official portraits of their well-paid elected officials and/or judges will be high on any list of future priorities, along with the continuing "misappropriation" of public funds. (See: "Let's see what he's got under his fingernails" at Philosopher's Quest and "Is New Jersey Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz unethical or only incompetent?" at Critical Vision.)

The recent media attention devoted to allegations that Sharpe James overbilled his city for some of his expenses is a predictable way for the the Trenton Syndicate to distract voters from their own much worse shenanigans. Mr. James is said to have overbilled, or inappropriately billed the city for some of his expenses -- many of which he reimbursed -- to the tune of thousands of dollars.

In a state where $4.5 BILLION has disappeared from previous Administrations' budgets, where $100 MILLION was "misappropriated" from UMDNJ's budget, Mr. James is clearly being made a scapegoat. I wonder why they selected him for this fate? (See "Let's see what he's got under his fingernails" at Philosopher's Quest and "Badda-Bing, Badda-Boom" at Critical Vision.)

My suggestion to Mr. James is to be more careful around his so-called political "friends" than any alleged adversary. The Trenton boys like to have a lot of "buffers" available for sacrifice to the media and U.S. Attorney's Office, since they can count on the inattention (or worse) of New Jersey's Supreme Court. These are your tax dollars, folks. Are you happy about contributing to organized crime?

People are not going to be distracted from examining the real thefts in New Jersey by having the Syndicate's "friends" in the media focus on Mr. James. African-Americans in New Jersey have not wielded sufficient power for a long enough time to do half of what the boys in Trenton have done and are doing, which is making BILLIONS of government dollars disappear into their pockets.

I prefer almost any African-American politician in New Jersey -- and certainly Mr. Booker (a possible future Governor of New Jersey) -- to most of the old-time politicians in the Garden State. If Mr. Booker is elected Governor someday, guess what may happen to him? How much you want to bet that he'll be stopped in traffic and fined for urinating on the sidewalk?

Give 'em a call in Trenton. Tell 'em what you think. If only Jersey's politicians and their buddies were driving out of the state and country, I'd have no problem in wishing them all "a nice day."

It is another very sad day for New Jersey.

New Jersey Finally Limits Testimony by Hypnosis.

"The [New Jersey] Supreme Court [finally] ... banned witness testimony stemming from hypnosis in all criminal trials, except when the so-called 'refreshed' testimony comes from the defendant." 

Astonishingly, there was one dissenter. 

Presumably, "refreshed" testimony can only be obtained in the presence of counsel for the defendant -- counsel chosen by an unimpaired defendant, who is fully aware of such questioning, especially when this questioning is custodial. 

This says nothing about use of such testimony in civil proceedings -- like legal ethics litigation -- or the "secret" procuring of such testimony to confirm or obtain other evidence, so that the state does not have to reveal use of hypnosis as an investigative tool. 

Ideally, according to New Jersey's OAE, hypnosis should be part of secret proceedings, so that a victim's rights may be violated with little chance of discovery by that victim.

Opportunities for great evil exist as long as hypnosis forms ANY part of legal investigative methods in a free society. 

The boundary between physicians and therapists (who should be concerned with the welfare of patients) and state agents or torturers (interested in information-gathering) must be preserved, since these are contradictory and irreconcilable roles, except in New Jersey. I wonder if Terry Tuchin (a.k.a. "David" or "Arthur Goldberg") is getting this in lovely downtown Ridgewood, New Jersey?

No one can be both a state investigator and therapist at the same or even at different times with a single subject. You cannot claim to be a person's physician, then become his or her interrogator, only to become a physician again five minutes later. You cannot impose your therapeutic "services," secretly, on unwilling or unconsulted persons. 

Any such attempt at "double billing" is a criminal "conflict of interest" with potentially lethal emotional consequences for the patient-victim-witness. 

You taking notes, Terry? What's Diana up to? Is she still out there? ("Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest.")

There is no such thing as "therapy by adhesion." To be called "therapy," a course of treatment must be chosen by a person in an unimpaired and fully-informed manner. ("Psychological Torture in the American Legal System.")

There should not be "anonymous," state-assigned "therapists" for patients, "therapists" who are rewarded for, unconstitutionally, procuring information from victims that can be used against them or others. 

Questioning that takes place, secretly, at irregular intervals over seventeen years is a little more than "questioning." 

Such questioning in an impaired state is a heinous form of torture and exploitation. It is a criminal violation of fundamental rights that is not compatible with the human dignity guaranteed to all under the U.S. Constitution. ("John Rawls and Justice.")

Hypnosis in police investigations has been found in most democratic societies to be violative of human autonomy and privacy rights. Use of hypnosis by state agents alone is a kind of torture. Hypnosis in a forensic setting is a denigration of human beings to the moral status of objects or non-human animals. It is a form of enslavement. New Jersey's own therapist-torturer "Diana" likes it that way because she enjoys wielding power over others "for their own good." She probably also gets her sexual thrills that way. ("Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet" and "New Jersey Lesbian Professor Rapes a Disabled Man.")

New Jersey's long overdue (but still inadequate) ruling allows officials to continue torturing confessions "out" of people -- through the use of hypnosis and/or other psychological torture -- in civil or quasi-civil matters. ("Marilyn Straus Was Right" and "Diana's Friend Goes to Prison.")

This case seems to be silent on the "uses" of hypnosis, in other words, either as an investigative tool or as part of civil litigation. I have not read the decision, though I would like to, having studied only journalistic accounts of it. (See "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.") 

What really happens in the Garden State has very little to do with laws on the books or Supreme Court opinions. ("New Jersey Lesbian Sends Nude Photos to Minor.")

Therapist-torturers have been known to abuse people in horrible and life-altering ways, traumatizing them for life, even raping persons, in order to get information that can be used against them -- sometimes these state crimes are committed when victims are not charged with any crimes. Victims may even be framed for some fault or subjected to false charges to conceal the responsibility of their torturers. ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "Chomsky Publisher Charged in Turkey.")

"... the 6 to 1 ruling from the state's highest court allows New Jersey [at last] to join 26 other states that limit the admissability of ... testimony that is extracted under hypnosis. The Court, reversing a position it took 25 years ago, said it now agrees 'that hypnotically refreshed testimony is not generally accepted science.' The ruling stemmed from a 1986 rape case in which a woman testified against a defendant after undergoing hypnosis. Prosecutors said this would force them to drop the case."

"Testimony From Hypnosis is Curbed," The New York Times, August 11, 2006, at p. B6.

There are so-called "therapists" in the Garden State who specialize in hypnosis-based torture which is designed to get information from people (against their will) and not to refresh their recollections. 

Persons placed under hypnosis are highly suggestible. "Information" obtained under such circumstances is typically unreliable and frequently sheer fabrication.

The police's purpose in using hypnosis is to violate human rights while shielding violators from accountability to their victims for their actions. 

This purpose is often fulfilled, usually with tragic consequences for victims and the U.S. Constitution. 

I am confident that most victims will be members of minority groups. Protracted hypnosis alone is deeply harmful to the psychic system of the victim. 

Many of these techniques are still used "secretly" then covered-up with the help of tainted tribunals or other sold-out public officials. The harm done to innocent people, not just immediate victims, is incalculable. 

It appears that the defendant in that 1986 rape case was and is innocent of all charges. 

Families are destroyed and friendships are lost, life-saving relationships are destroyed for innocent people, by these so-called "therapists," whose services and opinions are "for sale" -- even in civil cases.

Torturers do not identify themselves to prospective victims, hiding from persons that they question, also hiding reports of their sessions -- even altering reports, allegedly, to meet the needs of paying customers -- so as to allow their subjects to appear guilty or not guilty, depending on who is paying their "consulting fees." 

"I'll go to bat for you," a torturer once said to me. "Most people want to be told what to believe."

These persons -- who have the nerve to call themselves "therapists" -- hope to avoid liability for their often tragic blunders. I like to call this horrible New Jersey practice the "Tuchin/Riccioli Torture." (See "New Jersey -- What's that smell?" and "What happened to the Constitution?") 

Hey, how are things in Ridgewood, Terry? How's the family? Everything hunky-dory? ("New Jersey Rabbi Charged With Child Molesting.")

Heightened suggestibility of persons under hypnosis makes it easy for prosecutors or others to get testimony that they desire from victims, regardless of the truth, often without a person even knowing that he or she has been interrogated. Abuse of persons rendered helpless by hypnosis is foreseeable and common. 

How many of you raped Marilyn Straus? Estela De La Cruz, shame on you.

So long as victims are poor or members of despised minority groups, their sufferings cause little concern to the state's highest court or other politicians, especially when minorities are willing to serve as frontpersons for the commission of these crimes. ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption.")

"We can learn from you," torturers say. I bet you can -- and I hope that you will.

This ruling comes far too late for many citizens. 

Victims of therapist-torturers -- many of whom commit no crimes -- are scarred for life. They are crippled in their ability to function normally in society, denied their own medical records as well as the truth about their own lives. Psychologically, they never leave their torture chambers and will live with indescribable suffering for the rest of their lives. 

But what the hell? Therapists "can learn from this." This is all that matters. 

Is this New Jersey's legal ethics, Mr. Rabner? How much longer must the cover-up continue? ("Have you no shame Mr. Rabner?")

Their own memories are taken from victims by state torturers, who then deny the truth about what they have done, along with destroying victims' only chance to understand the meaning of their lives, even as they are exploited even more by being filmed (against their will) in their agony, or assaulted and sexually humiliated, as part of that training exercise. 

The laughter of torturers stays with victims forever. And the experience of rape is certainly not one that is easily forgotten or transcended.

"... American forensic psychiatrists and clinical psychologists have proven to be politically arrogant and abusive with the careless use of ... diagnostic entities by fixing five minute health care cases before their hand chosen judges with no sworn-in testimony in order to legally fix their victims with these diagnoses. In this manner forensic psychiatrists and psychologists ... are protected from accusations of criminal wrongdoing. The states that [allow] such cases even in the absence of criminal wrongdoing claim they have the legal right to act as [secret?] guardians for the subjects of such proceedings. What thus occurs is that the states turn into criminally abusive parent figures along with the presiding judges and doctors in such cases as this infectious spread of sadism in dealing with mental health care continues."

Dr. Harold Mandel, "Psychiatry and Psychology Have Become Abusive Disciplines," January 21, 2006, http://www.topix.net/content/cj/1402928183753272823

No justice, no peace. (See "Is New Jersey Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz unethical or only incompetent?" at these blogs and also at http://www.Critique@groups.msn.com .)

I think Ms. Poritz is a little of both -- incompetent and unethical. 

I hope that Ms. Poritz is receiving her pension, what with the financial crisis and all, and that we will meet someday.