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31/03/2017 GMT

Former interrogator for the CIA, James Mitchell

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Did the CIA’s enhanced interrogation programme amount to torture?

James Mitchell, the American psychologist who helped devise the CIA’s enhanced interrogation programme. Did it amount to torture?

American psychologist James Mitchell helped devise the CIA’s enhanced interrogation programme after the 9/11 attacks. He personally interrogated some of the top terrorist suspects using the programme’s techniques, including waterboarding. His critics label him a torturer; he says he has nothing to apologise for and what he did was harsh, but legal and necessary.He speaks to Zeinab Badawi.

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