The report also explains that in 2005, Mitchell and Jessen left the CIA and created their own company that contracted interrogation services for the agency.
The report also explains that in 2005, Mitchell and Jessen left the CIA and created their own company that contracted interrogation services for the agency.
He died after reportedly undergoing interrogation by a private contract employee of the CIA.
In April, Panetta fired all the C.I.A.'s contract interrogators, including the former military psychologists who appear to have designed the most brutal interrogation techniques: James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen.
As a result of this action, all contracts for interrogation will be terminated".
Officers are entitled to have legal representation present, and under the 2014 contract, were allowed to delay an interrogation for days if preferred counsel was not available.
Former military psychologists working under contract for the agency helped design the harsh interrogation procedures, and contractors carried out some interrogations, as well as performing medical and security tasks, according to former agency officials.
The options available to the government, should it continue its challenge to keep Nashiri's interrogations secret, have now contracted substantially.
Two contract psychologists devised the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques and played a central role in the operation, assessments, and management of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program.
13) Two contract psychologists devised the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques and played a central role in the operation, assessments, and management of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program.
The committee reviewed more than 6 million pages of top-secret CIA documents and found that "two contract psychologists devised the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques and played a central role in the operation, assessments, and management of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program".
