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The Architect
TV Episode | Documentary
The Senate Intelligence Committee has released a blistering, 500-page report on the CIA's controversial detention and interrogation program, a document that committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein said represents the most significant ...See moreThe Senate Intelligence Committee has released a blistering, 500-page report on the CIA's controversial detention and interrogation program, a document that committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein said represents the most significant oversight effort in the history of the US Senate. The $40 million, five-year study concluded that CIA officials exaggerated the value of the intelligence they gleaned from dozens of "high-value detainees" held at black site prisons, where they were subjected to so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" such as sleep deprivation and waterboarding. The committee reviewed more than 6 million pages of top-secret CIA documents and found that the architect of the interrogation program was a retired Air Force psychologist named James Mitchell, an agency contractor who - according to news reports - personally waterboarded alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The Senate report does not identify Mitchell by name. He is referred to as "Contractor A" throughout the executive summary. Mitchell has a signed a non-disclosure agreement with the CIA and was unable to discuss his alleged role in the agency's enhanced interrogation program, but VICE News met up with him in suburban Florida to discuss the Senate's report and one of the darkest chapters of the war on terror. This is the first time Mitchell has ever appeared on camera. Written by VICE News See less
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Producers
Kaj Larsen (producer) | Jason Leopold (producer)
Cinematographers
Mariano Carranza | Claire Ward
Editor
Carlos Haynes
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Status
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Updated Dec 10, 2014
Release date
Dec 10, 2014 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
5 wins & 2 nominations

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Kaj Larsen
Self - Correspondent Self - Correspondent   See fewer
Vice News (2013)
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James Elmer Mitchell
Self - Air Force Psychologist Self - Air Force Psychologist   See fewer
Vice News (2013)
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