Former interrogator for the CIA, James Mitchell

Published: Sept. 12, 2021, 11 p.m.

American psychologist James Mitchell helped devise the CIA\u2019s enhanced interrogation programme after the 9/11 attacks. He personally interrogated some of the top terrorist suspects using the programme\u2019s 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.

(Photo: James Mitchell)