Mitchell Jessen & Associates

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May 7, 2004, ACLU, C.I.A. I. G. Report, Counterterrorism Detention and Interrogation Activities (September 2001 - October 2003) (PDF)

The Senate Committee's Report on the C.I.A.'s Use of Torture, Executive Summary, 
Approved December 13, 2012,
Updated for Release April 3, 2014
Declassification Revisions December 3, 2014,
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June 9, 2003, New York Times, C.I.A.; Captives Deny Qaeda Worked With Baghdad, by James Risen,
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June 27, 2004, New York Times, The Reach Of War: The Interrogations; Aides Say Memo Backed Coercion Already In Use,
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September 9, 2006, New York Times, Linking Faces to Terror: Bush's Clever Footwork,

September 10, 2006, New York Times, At a Secret Interrogation, Dispute Flared Over Tactics, by David Johnston, Archive Today,
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June 21, 2007, Salon.com, The CIA's torture teachers; Psychologists helped the CIA exploit a secret military program to develop brutal interrogation tactics -- likely with the approval of the Bush White House, by Mark Benjamin, Archive Today,

July 17, 2007, Nick Flynn.org, Rorschach and Awe,

July 17, 2007, Vanity Fair, The War On Terror: Rorschach and Awe, by Katherine Eban, Archive Today,

July 18, 2007, Spokesman Review, Psychologists' CIA Work called 'Voodoo Science', by Bill Morlin and Karen Dorn Steele,

August 26, 2007, KOMO‑TV, Survival School at Fairchild focuses on worst-case scenarios, diigo,

August 28, 2007, Spokesman-Review, Group Protests Firm's CIA/Torture Ties,

September 8, 2007, SpokanePoliceAbuses.com, Spokane's dirty little secret — What Mitchell and Jessen are really all about, by Arroyoribera,
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October 1, 2008, Global Research.org, Top White House Officials Discussed and Approved Torture , Rice Admits, by Tom Burghardt, Archive Today,
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April 21, 2009, New York Times, Report Gives New Detail on Approval of Brutal Techniques, by Brian Knowlton,

April 21, 2009, Democracy Now!, The Story of Mitchell Jessen & Associates: How a Team of Psychologists in Spokane, WA, Helped Develop the CIA's Torture Techniques, Archive Today,

April 21, 2009, Washington Post, Obama Opens the Door to Prosecution of Interrogation Memo Authors,

April 21, 2009, Democracy Now!, Story of Mitchell Jessen & Associates: How Team of Psychologists in Spokane, WA Helped Develop Bush Adm/CIA Torture Techniques, diigo,
April 22, 2009, Washington Post, World Briefing Podcast: Investigating Interrogation,

April 22, 2009, Washington Post, Torture and Punishment, by Doug Feaver,

April 22, 2009, Washington Post, Intelligence Chief Says Methods Hurt U.S., by Joby Warrick,

April 22, 2009, Washington Post, European Nations May Investigate Bush Officials Over Prisoner Treatment, by Craig Whitlock,

April 22, 2009, Democracy Now!,YouTube, How Mitchell Jessen & Associates help Develop the CIA's Torture Techniques,

April 22, 2009, Washington Post, Harsh Tactics Readied Before Their Approval; Senate Report Describes Secret Memos, by Joby Warrick and Peter Finn, Washington Post Staff Writers, diigo, 

April 24, 2009, Newsweek, Ali Soufan Breaks His Silence, by Michael Isikoff, Archive Today,

April 30, 2009, ABC News, Waterboarding, Interrogations: The CIA's $1,000 a Day Specialists, Archive Today,

April 30, 2009, ABC News, CIA Contractor Has No Comment; Bruce Jessen cites a confidentiality agreement with the government,

April 30, 2009, patdollard.com, ABC Declares War On Bush Administration: Brian Ross Outs 'Architects Behind CIA Waterboarding, Interrogations, by Patrick Dollard, Archive Today,

May 1, 2009, Washington Post, Op-Ed, White House Watch - Torture Watch, by Dan Froomkin, Archive Today,

May 1, 2009, Constantine Report.com, Waterboarding, Interrogations: The CIA's $1,000 a Day ...

May 3, 2009, Dark Government.com, Waterboarding Psychologists Identified,

May 3, 2009, Eideard.com, CIA torture designed by shrinks who never worked interrogation, diigo,
Archive Today,

May 12, 2009, Der Spiegel, The Torture Business: Getting Involved in the War on Terror,

May 27, 2009, ProPublica, Has Consulting Firm For CIA Gone MIA? - ProPublica,

June 22, 2009, The New Yorker, The Secret History, Can Leon Panetta move the C.I.A. forward without confronting its past?, by Jane Mayer, Archive Today,

June 26, 2009, Washington Post, Opinion: Froomkin: Investigate Bush Officials After All?, by Dan Froomkin,

August 11, 2009, New York Times, "Interrogation Inc.: 2 U.S. Architects of Harsh Tactics in 9/11's Wake", by Scott Shane,

August 11, 2009, New York Times, Interrogation Inc. - 2 U.S. Architects of Harsh Tactics in 9 .., by Scott Shane, Archive Today,

August 12, 2009, New York Times, Interrogation Inc.: A Window Into C.I.A.'s Embrace of Secret Jails, Archive Today, by David Johnston and Mark Mazzetti,

August 12, 2009, ProfessionalSoldiers.com, Contracting Out Interrogation 101? [Archive]

August 12, 2009, The New Yorker, Close Read: The Torture Bust, by Amy Davidson, Archive Today,

August 12, 2009, Boing Boing, Profiteering torture teachers modeled US techniques after ...

August 13, 2009, FireDogLake, NYT Misses Full Story on Mitchell-Jessen,

August 25, 2009, The Examiner, Three months of torture in the headlines of Democracy Now,,
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June 30, 2010, American Psychological Association, RE: Complaint filed by Dr. Jim L. H. Cox regarding Dr. James Elmer Mitchell, by Carol D. Goodheart, (PDF)

July 10, 2010, Huffington Post - Associated Press, APA Wants James Mitchell, Psychologist Who Helped CIA Torture, Stripped Of His License, by Andrew Welsh-Huggins,

November 11, 2010, New York Times - Texas Tribune, Psychologist in Terror War Is Subject of Complaint, by Morgan Smith, Archive Today,

December 17, 2010, CBS News - AP, CIA Granted Waterboarders $5M Legal Shield, Archive Today,
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February 25, 2011, Victoria Advocate. Associated Press, Texas board won't discipline CIA psychologist, by Danny Robbins,

March 22, 2011, Truthout, Exclusive: CIA Psychologist's Notes Reveal True Purpose Behind Bush's Torture Program, by Jason Leopold and Jeffrey Kaye, Truthout Investigative Report, Archive Today,
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April 18, 2014, The Guardian, CIA torture architect breaks silence to defend 'enhanced interrogation', by Jason Leopold, Archive Today,

April 18, 2014, The Guardian, James Mitchell: 'I'm just a guy who got asked to do something for his country', by Jason Leopold, Archive Today,

April 19, 2014, Dancing With Imperialism, Your CIA torture architects, Archive Today,

April 22, 2014, Tampa Tribune, Pasco man, behind CIA interrogation program, defends actions, by Howard Altman, Archive Today,
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December 9, 2014, FOX News Radio, CIA Paid Torture Architects More Than $80 Million, Archive Today,

December 9, 2014, NBC News, CIA Paid Torture Teachers More Than $80 Million, by Robert Windrem, Archive Today,

December 9, 2014, Reuters, To deter U.S. from torturing again, those involved should be prosecuted, by Kenneth Roth, Archive Today,

December 9, 2014, The Spokesman‑Review, $80 million paid to Spokane firm for enhanced Interrogation, by Shawn Vestal, Archive Today,

December 9, 2014, TalkLeft, We Can Call It Torture Now - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime, Archive Today,

December 9, 2014, World Bulletin, Psychologists earned $81 million from CIA torture program, Archive Today,
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December 10, 2014, Bloomberg, Psychologist Linked to CIA Torture: 'I'm Caught in Some Kafka Novel', by Shannon Pettypiece, Archive Today,

December 10, 2014, Business Insider‎, These 7 Men Owned The Company Linked To CIA Torture, by Hunter Walker, Archive Today,

December 10, 2014, CBS News, Contractors paid $81 million to do CIA's dirty work, Archive Today, Archive Today,

December 10, 2014, Daily Kos, CIA paid two ex-military psychologists $81 million to help design and run torture program, by Meteor Blades, Archive Today,

December 10, 2014, The Huffington Post, Psychologist Defends Harsh CIA Interrogations, by Ken Dilanian, Archive Today,

December 10, 2014, The Huffington Post, CIA Interrogation Program Was Re-Reverse-Engineered Torture, by Ryan Casey, diigo, Archive Today,

December 10, 2014, The Independent, CIA torture report is a 'load of hooey', according to CIA's torture adviser, by Sam Masters and Harry Davies, Archive Today,

December 10, 2014, International Business Times, Who Are Jim Mitchell And Bruce Jessen? CIA Torture Psychologists Were Experts In Communist Chinese Interrogation, by Philip Ross, Archive Today,

December 10, 2014, Opposing Views, Architects of CIA Torture Paid $81 Million by U.S. (Video), Archive Today,

December 10, 2014, Reuters, Report slams psychologists who devised Bush-era interrogation, by Matt Spetalnick, Archive Today,

December 10, 2014, Reuters, Psychologist says U.S. Senate's CIA report makes false charges, by Matt Spetalnick and Bill Trott, Archive Today,

December 10, 2014, The Virginia Gazette - Reuters, Psychologist who helped devise CIA interrogation program lost Mormon role, by Matt Spetalnick in Washington DC and Jacob Jones in Spokane. Writing by Alistair Bell, editing by Ross Colvin, Archive Today,
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December 11, 2014, News24, Psychologist defends harsh CIA interrogations, Archive Today,

December 11, 2014, Press Herald - McClatchy, Harsh interrogation techniques made psychologists millions, by Michael Doyle and Marisa Taylor, McClatchy Washington Bureau, Archive Today,

December 11, 2014, Politico, Torture psychologist rips report: 'Plain not true', by Lucy McCalmont, Archive Today,

December 11, 2014, New York Times, Op-Ed, It's Cruel. It's Useless. It's the CIA, by Gail Collins, Archive Today,

December 11, 2014, Washington Post, Rise and fall of CIA's overseas prisons traced in Senate report on interrogations, by Greg Miller and Adam Goldman, Archive Today,

December 11, 2014, Daily Mail, Kings of torture who made £50m inflicting pain: The incredible story of how two Mormons with no expertise conned the CIA, Archive Today,

December 11, 2014, CounterPunch, The Complicity of Psychologists in CIA Torture, by Roy Eidelson and Trudy Bond, Archive Today,

December 11, 2014, Examiner.com, Psychologist who devised CIA interrogation tactics resigned as Mormon bishop, Archive Today,

December 11, 2014, Al Jazeera America, Psychologists pan CIA interrogation techniques as ineffective, by Marisa Taylor, Archive Today,
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December 12, 2014, Huffington Post - Reuters, Bruce Jessen Built CIA Interrogation Program; Quit Role As Mormon Bishop, Archive Today,

December 12, 2014, Daily Beast, The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built, by Michael Daly, Archive Today,

December 12, 2014, Toronto Star, Mallick: The torture twins behind the US CIA report, by Heather Mallick, Archive Today,

December 12, 2014, Mashable, CIA torture report cast of characters: Where are they now?, by by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Archive Today,
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December 13, 2014, Slate Magazine, CIA on the Couch: Why There Would Have Been No Torture Without the Psychologists, by Steven Reisner, Archive Today,

December 13, 2014, BioEdge, Psychologists criticised in CIA torture report, by Michael Cook, Archive Today,
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December 14, 2014, Los Angeles Times, Two psychologists' role in CIA torture program comes into focus, by Joseph Tanfani, W.J. Hennigan, diigo,

December 14, 2014, Daily Mail, I saw British agents at secret torture sites, says Dr James Mitchell, by Paul Thompson in Florida and Nick Craven in London for The Mail On Sunday, Archive Today,

December 14, 2014, Deadline.com, CIA Torture Report Becomes 'SNL' Comedy Fodder,

December 14, 2014, Onislam.net, Psychologists Refute CIA Interrogation Techniques, by Marisa Taylor, America.Aljazeera, Archive Today,
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December 15, 2014, Newsweek - Reuters, James Mitchell, Psychologist, Admits He Waterboarded al Qaeda Suspects: Report, Archive Today,

December 15, 2014, VICE News, Psychologist James Mitchell Admits He Waterboarded al Qaeda Suspects, by Jason Leopold, Archive Today,

December 15, 2014, The Indian Express - New York Times Editorial, Now, cease and desist, Archive Today,

December 15, 2014, Newsmax.com, Psychologist Admits to Waterboarding 9/11 Mastermind, by Greg Richter, Archive Today,

December 15, 2014, Los Angeles Times, Readers React: CIA pscyhologists don't represent their field on torture, diigo,
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December 16, 2014, The Japan Times Reuters, Psychologist admits he waterboarded al-Qaida suspects, Archive Today,

December 16, 2014, The Utah People's Post, Psychologists Responsible for Developing the CIA Torture Regime Now in the Spotlight, by Nicolas Walker, Archive Today,

December 16, 2014, ABC Online, Psychologist admits he waterboarded Al Qaeda suspects, Archive Today,

December 16, 2014, Boston Globe, On path to harsh tactics, CIA chose haste over analysis, by James Risen and Matt Apuzzo,

December 16, 2014, New York Times, CIA, on Path to Torture, Chose Haste Over Analysis, by James Risen and Matt Apuzzo, diigo, Archive Today,

December 16, 2014, www.worldbulletin.net, Psychologist admits he waterboarded suspects, Archive Today,

December 16, 2014, Defense One, The D Brief: A major attack in Pakistan; A giant drone-hunting blimp; What kind of a general are you?; Behind the music on the CIA briefing; And a bit more, by Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson, Archive Today,

December 16, 2014, News24, Psychologist admits he waterboarded Qaeda suspects, Archive Today,

December 16, 2014, The Hill (blog), Ex-CIA contractor: Senate Dems have put my life in danger, by Peter Sullivan, Archive Today,

December 16, 2014, Business Insider Australia - Reuters, One Of The Psychologists Involved In The CIA's Interrogation Program Just Admitted To Waterboarding Al Qaeda Suspects, Archive Today,
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TortureAccountability.org, Bruce Jessen | The Center for Torture Accountability,

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Yellowpages.com, Spokane Mitchell Jessen Associates,

WarCriminalsWatch.org, CIA Outsourced Development of Interrogation Plan,
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Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War, by James Risen - 2014
Political Science After 9/11, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, psychologists who had been ... con- tracts through their Spokane, Washington, firm, Mitchell, Jessen & Associates,

Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War, by James Risen,
pages 177, 178, 180, 182, 184, 185, 191, 196, 200, 231, 232,

Psychology Serving Humanity: Proceedings of the 30th International Congress of Psychology, edited by Saths Cooper, Kopano Ratele, (New York: Psychology Press, 2014) no pagination,

Breaking the Sound Barrier, by Amy Goodman and ‎Denis Moynihan, (Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2009) page 100,

500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars, by Kurt Eichenwald, (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012) pages 193, 194, 195, 545,
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