“Based on his work at the SERE school, in early July 2002, Mitchell "Mitchell and Jessen were also involved in designing the interrogation program for several specific detainees, and participated in the interrogations of CIA headquarters expressed "concerns about possible conflicts of interest related to [Mitchell and Jessen]" both administering interrogation techniques and issuing psychological assessments. After the September 11 attacks, Mitchell was asked by the CIA to develop an interrogation program based on what were believed to be al-Qaeda documents on resisting interrogation. They were later released after officials determined they posed no threat. Jessen said the decision to participate in the program tormented him. President Barack Obama terminated their contract in 2009.
A January 2003 cable stated that Between 2005 and mid-2009, when the CIA terminated its contract with Mitchell and Jessen's company, the Human Rights First is a premier institution devoted to the noblest of all causes.Human Rights First, 75 Broad St, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10004Human Rights First is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3), international human rights organization based in But I don't want them messing with my family," he said. Mitchell and Jessen agreed an out of court settlement in a civil suit brought by the American Council on Civil Liberties on behalf of Suleiman Abdullah Salim and Mohamed Ben Soud… Mitchell and Jessen, identified as “Grayson Swigert” and “Hammond Dunbar” in the torture report, respectively, were psychologists hired by the CIA to design the enhanced interrogation program. When word came out that a movie was being made about the post-9/11 interrogation program, with credited roles for the Spokane torture entrepreneurs James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen… Jessen and Mitchell previously worked at Fairchild Air Force Base outside Spokane, where they had developed methods to help U.S. military members resist torture. James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen.
The two men have said in court records that they used harsh tactics, but denied allegations of torture and war crimes. Mitchell has previously given interviews to some media outlets. A U.S. Senate investigation in 2014 found that Mitchell and Jessen's techniques produced no useful intelligence in the war on terror. Jessen said he has received death threats to himself and his family over the years because of his work for the CIA. Mitchell said he did not participate for the money, which amounted to $1,800 per day each for Mitchell and Jessen.
A CIVIL SUIT against the architects of the CIA’s torture program, psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, will be allowed to proceed, a federal judge in Spokane, Washington, decided on Friday.