The Blotter: Brian Ross Investigates

Psychologists Told CIA Waterboarding Was Safe

There is new scrutiny into the role of two psychologists who made an estimated $1,000 a day to oversee and advise the CIA's interrogation of captured terrorists. Both men, doctors Jim Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, assured the CIA that their methods could 'break' a terrorist and would be safe, according to two former high-ranking CIA officials and a collection of recently declassified Bush administration memos. The major problem, according to those who knew the two retired military psychologists,...Full Story
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