Bruce Jessen
The Masterminds of the CIA’s Torture Program Are About to Reveal How They Interrogated Accused 9/11 Plotters
The two psychologists will likely reveal how the CIA, in the wake of 9/11, turned to waterboarding, cramped confinement, sleep deprivation, mock burials, and more.
Two CIA Contractors Are Being Sued for Torture and 'Human Experimentation'
A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday by the ACLU on behalf of three men who were allegedly tortured while detained in CIA prisons despite never being formally charged with a crime.
Here's the CIA's Letter to Congress Saying the Agency Was Quitting the Torture Business
A 2009 letter written by then-CIA director Leon Panetta and obtained exclusively by VICE News explained the CIA's new approach.
The US Military's Forgotten Sex-Abuse Scandal That Foretold CIA Torture in the War on Terror
In 1995, the US Air Force's torture training led to a court case and allegations that cadets had been abused, an eerie foreshadowing of the larger scandals that would come in the following decades.
The Architect (Extra Scene 2)
In this extra scene, Dr. James Mitchell, the architect of the CIA's enhanced interrogation program, speaks with VICE News about extracting information from high value detainees.
Psychologist James Mitchell Admits He Waterboarded al Qaeda Suspects
In an exclusive interview with VICE News, the architect of the CIA's enhanced interrogation program confirms his role and reveals concerns he raised to the CIA about 'abuses.'
The Architect (Extra Scene 1)
VICE News went kayaking on the Myakka River with Dr. James Mitchell, the architect of the CIA's enhanced interrogation program, to talk about this week's Senate report.
The Architect: VICE News Interviews James Mitchell
In his first on-camera interview, Dr. James Mitchell, the alleged architect of the CIA's enhanced interrogation program, speaks with VICE News about waterboarding, radical Islam, and what he was asked to do after 9/11.
'Comprehensive' CIA Torture Report Won't Even Name Well-Known Architects of Torture Program
What was meant to be the Senate's definitive account of the CIA's torture program won't contain information already widely reported in the press.