After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.

This database documents the U.S. government's official experiment with torture. At present, the database contains well over 100,000 pages of government documents obtained primarily through Freedom of Information Act litigation and requests filed by the ACLU, and through litigation of Salim v. Mitchell, a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of the survivors and the family of a dead victim of the CIA torture program. To learn more about the database, please read the About and Search Help pages. If you're a developer, you can also access this data through our API.

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Bruce Jessen's Resume.
Dec. 20, 2016
Other
Bruce Jessen
EIT, SERE
This November 27, 2007 memo justifies the future use of contractors as High Value Detainee Interrogators (HVDI). The memo states that before September 11, 2001 the CIA had no resident expertise in interrogation and therefore contract ...
This memo describes the "key" role that contract interrogators/debriefers play in the CIA's Rendition and Detention Program. The memo states that before September 11, 2001 the CIA had no resident expertise in interrogation, and so they sought ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Non-legal Memo
EIT, SERE
This email includes a list of Office of Technical Service (OTS) officers involved in the Detention, Rendition or Interrogation of terrorists since September 11, 2001. The list includes James Mitchell and John (Bruce) Jessen.
Dec. 20, 2016
Chart/List, Email
Bruce Jessen, James Mitchell
This September 2002 email chain discusses medical coverage and setting up for interrogations, which includes having James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen ready to do an initial psycholohical assessment so that they can get waterboard approval and ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Email
James Mitchell , Bruce Jessen
Abu Zubaydah
EIT, Use of water, Waterboarding
This July 2002 cable is a request for guidance from headquarters on the use of enhanced interrogation techniques. The cable expresses hesitation about using these techniques on subjects being held in solitary confinement without legal ...
This cable includes the bios of the detainees and lists the EITs they were subjected to while they were in CIA custody. It is redacted almost in full with the exception of information on the following three detainees: Suleiman Abdullah, Gul ...
This is a redacted memo which discusses the interrogations Mitchell and Jessen are involved with and where they are needed. Mitchell is associated with the interrogation of several different detainees, all redacted except for Gul Rahman.
Dec. 20, 2016
Non-legal Memo, Cable
James Mitchell , Bruce Jessen
Gul Rahman
EIT
This October 23, 2006 email includes a cable describing Abu Zubaydah's current condition in isolation and observations of a rehearsal of the next phase of Abu Zubaydah's interrogations, which included the use of confinement boxes and the water ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Email, Cable
Abu Zubaydah
Use of water, Waterboarding, Cramped confinement, Isolation
This cable describes a redacted detainee's behavior in the second day of a three week isolation phase.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Isolation
This cable describes a redacted detainee's behavior in the fifth day of a three week isolation phase.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Isolation
This cable describes a redacted detainee's behavior in the sixth day of a three week isolation phase.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Isolation
This cable describes a redacted detainee's behavior in the fourth day of a three week isolation phase.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
EIT, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
This cable describes a redacted detainee's behavior in the seventh day of a three week isolation phase.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Isolation
This heavily redacted cable states requests to employ "additional interrogation tactics" to move Abu Zubaydah into "forthcoming posture" regarding future terrorist attacks. The cable says to refer to the redacted text below for the particulars ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Abu Zubaydah
EIT
This cable describes a redacted detainee's behavior on the eighth day of a three week isolation phase.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Isolation
This cable describes a redacted detainee's behavior in the ninth day of a three week isolation phase.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Isolation
This is a report from interrogators at COBALT, a CIA black site in Northern Kabul, Afghanistan, describing the status of Gul Rahman's interrogation. It is reported that Rahman was not responding to interrogation by Bruce Jessen; the responder ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Non-legal Memo, Email, Cable
Bruce Jessen
Gul Rahman
EIT, Use of water, Other, Physical assault, General, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature
This cable describes a redacted detainee's behavior on the tenth day of a three week isolation phase.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Isolation
This cable describes a redacted detainee's behavior on the eleventh day of a three week isolation phase.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Isolation
This CIA cable states that a scenario occurred when IC SERE Psychologists entered Abu Zubaydah's cell to begin an isolation phase. The cable is heavily redacted.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Abu Zubaydah
EIT
This cable describes a redacted detainee's behavior on the twelfth day of a three week isolation phase.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Isolation
This memo sets forth the reasons why the CIA granted Mitchell, Jessen, and Associates (MJA) a "sole source contract" to support the Counterterrorism Center's rendition, detention, and interrogation program, and describes the type of support that ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Non-legal Memo
Bruce Jessen, James Mitchell
This e-mail includes a draft of interrogation training documents for a CIA course with a note concerning Dr. James Mitchell and Dr. Bruce Jessen's role in an upcoming presentation. The draft notes are redacted and are labeled "CIA High Value ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Email
James Mitchell , Bruce Jessen
SERE
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the fifth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of this modification is to add clause 152.245-714, "Government ...
This Statement of Work dated June 15, 2005 includes Mitchell, Jessen & Associates' (MJA) Technical Proposal dated April 27, 2005, which lays out the objectives and scope of the Project with the Counterterrorist Center (CTC) (the name of the ...
This Statement of Work is a revised version of Mitchell, Jessen & Associates' Technical Proposal included in the June 15, 2005 Statement of Work.
Independent Contractor Contract between James Mitchell and the U.S. Government.
Nov. 23, 2016
Other
James Mitchell
Independent Contractor Contract between Bruce Jessen and the U.S. Government.
Nov. 23, 2016
Other
Bruce Jessen
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the twenty-second modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the Government. The purpose of this modification is to incorporate the settlement cost ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the twenty-first modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the Government. The purpose of this modification is to increase the contract value from ...
Indemnification Agreement between Mitchell, Jessen and Associates, LLC ("MJA") and the U.S. Government.
Nov. 23, 2016
Other
Bruce Jessen, James Mitchell
Indemnification Agreement between Mitchell, Jessen and Associates, LLC ("MJA") and the U.S. Government, James Mitchell and the U.S. Government, and Bruce Jessen and the U.S. Government. This agreement supersedes the November 8, 2007 ...
Nov. 23, 2016
Other
Bruce Jessen, James Mitchell
This letter provides Bruce Jessen, of Mitchell, Jessen and Associates LLC confirmation of Verbal Authorization to Proceed Not to Exceed for DCI's Counterterrorist Center (CTC) Elicitation and Training for a CTC Project (name of Project redacted ...
Nov. 23, 2016
Other
Contracting Officer
Bruce Jessen
Bruce Jessen
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the sixteenth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of this modification is to increase the contract value to to ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the seventeenth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of this modification is to increase funding from $73,100,073 ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the fifteenth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The main purpose of this modification is to increase funding from ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the twentieth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of this modification is to decrease the contract value from ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the nineteenth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of this modification is to increase funding from $75,700,073 ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the eighteenth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of this modification is to increase funding from $73,700,073 ...
This Letter Contract signifies the Government's intention to "negotiate and definitize" a formal contract with Mitchell, Jessen and Associates (MJA). The Letter Contract provides that MJA may proceed with the tasks identified in the "Statement of ...
Nov. 23, 2016
Letter
Mitchell | Jessen | & Associates
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the fourteenth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of the modification is to increase funding from $65,403,684 to ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the thirteenth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of the modification is to increase funding from $53,403,684 to ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the twelfth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of the modification is to increase funding from $52,403,684 to ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the eleventh modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of the modification is to increase funding from $45,903,684 to ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the tenth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of the modification is to increase the contract value and target ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the ninth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of the modification is to "fully fund" the contract, thereby ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the seventh modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of this modification is to increase contract value to $43,826,609 ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the eighth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of this modification is to decrease funding from $43,826,609 to ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the sixth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of this modification is to increase contract value for to ...