Bruce Jessen

CIA Gave Waterboarders $5 Million Legal Shield

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — When the CIA decided to waterboard suspected terror detainees in overseas prisons, the agency turned to a pair of contractors. The ...

How Chinese Brutality Experts

New York Times | SCOTT SHANE | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Mitchell and Bruce Jessen were military retirees and psychologists, on the lookout for business opportunities. They found an excellent customer in...

CIA Renewed Contract With Psychologists Who Endorsed Waterboarding Weeks After Obama Took Office Before Firing Them

Posted 05.25.2011

Amid the headlines about CIA director Leon Panetta's comments on Dick Cheney's motivations for his criticism of Obama, a much-bigger revelation was tu...

Bruce Gessen, Jim Mitchell: The Architects Of The CIA's Waterboarding Program, Reports ABC News

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

As the secrets about the CIA's interrogation techniques continue to come out, there's new information about the frequency and severity of their use, c...