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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPsychologist, James Mitchell, admits he waterboarded al Qaeda suspects: report
James Mitchell, a former U.S. Air Force psychologist, confirmed some of the specific details in a Senate committee report released last week and defended the practices, saying that valuable intelligence was obtained despite investigators’ conclusion to the contrary.
“Yes, I waterboarded KSM,” Mitchell told the Internet-based global television news outlet VICE News, referring to Mohammed, whose interrogation was described in brutal detail in the report and which has been deemed torture by human rights groups.
“I was part of a larger team that waterboarded a small number of detainees,” Mitchell said in the interview posted Monday.
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"I wasn't living hand to mouth, but it wasn't $81 million," Mitchell was quoted as saying. The Senate report said he and Jessen earned as much as $1,800 a day.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/15/us-usa-cia-torture-psychologist-idUSKBN0JT2DB20141215?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71&google_editors_picks=true
“Yes, I waterboarded KSM,” Mitchell told the Internet-based global television news outlet VICE News, referring to Mohammed, whose interrogation was described in brutal detail in the report and which has been deemed torture by human rights groups.
“I was part of a larger team that waterboarded a small number of detainees,” Mitchell said in the interview posted Monday.
...............
"I wasn't living hand to mouth, but it wasn't $81 million," Mitchell was quoted as saying. The Senate report said he and Jessen earned as much as $1,800 a day.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/15/us-usa-cia-torture-psychologist-idUSKBN0JT2DB20141215?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71&google_editors_picks=true
OK, this is an admitted war crime. Under US law, Justice is obligated to charge this man. They can then use him to out the rest of the torturers and get them all the rehabilitation they so desperately need.
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Psychologist, James Mitchell, admits he waterboarded al Qaeda suspects: report (Original Post)
grahamhgreen
Dec 2014
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. I'm sure Holder will get right on that. n/t
Xipe Totec
(44,323 posts)2. The funny thing is, it didn't take torture to get him to confess. nt
sdfernando
(5,718 posts)3. This man should be in jail! even GITMO perhaps!
his medical and phycological licenses should be pulled immediately! F@#* You James Mitchell!!!
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)6. Who would want this person in their neghborhood????! Very sick individual.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)4. Come on people, look forward not back!
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)5. When will he be indicted? Or, is a confession not enough evidence?
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)9. Confession without torture!
bullwinkle428
(20,653 posts)7. This is what happens in a country where over half the populace thinks
this is good policy - they fucking BRAG about their actions! 
kentuck
(113,817 posts)8. blank...blank....9/11...
It's a great excuse for most people. But, that is really all it is - an excuse.