Citation

Dyer O. BMJ 2016; 353: i2454.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.i2454

PMID

27126011

Abstract

Two psychologists who designed and managed the now defunct torture program of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) may be sued by their victims after a federal judge allowed the case to move forward.

James Mitchell and John “Bruce” Jessen—former employees of the US Air Force Survival School—conducted dozens of torture sessions. The company they formed, Mitchell Jessen and Associates, hired and deployed 60 private interrogators and received over $81 million in payments from the US government. The incoming Obama administration ended their contract in 2009.

Mitchell and Jessen are being sued by the American …

Language: en