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Psychologist who led CIA's 9/11 interrogations and waterboarded the self-proclaimed mastermind s
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk by Emily CraneJames Mitchell defended the CIA and its practices on Tuesday during a pre-trial hearing at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba
Mitchell was contracted by the CIA to develop the interrogation program after the 2001 terror attacks
He was personally responsible for waterboarding the self-proclaimed mastermind, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, at a secret location after 9/11
His techniques have become the focus of an effort to dismiss key evidence against the five men charged in the plot ahead of their 2021 trial
The techniques included waterboarding, sleep deprivation, confinement in a small box, prolonged shackling and being doused with cold water
Mitchell and another CIA contractor were paid up to $1,800 a day and received $81 million for their work