James Mitchell: I’m Proud of the Work We Did with CIA EITs, We Saved Lives

‘The report has put my life and my family’s life in danger’

KELLY: "No one from the Senate committee ever called you to get your side?"
MITCHELL: "No one from the Senate committee has ever asked me a single thing. If they think I've abused somebody, they should ask me about it. They should point at that piece of paper, let me review the documents and let me at least try to explain myself -- ourselves. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has the opportunity to address the charges against him, but I don't. That's why I'm angry about this. They have a [indecipherable] conclusion, they put my life in danger, they put the lives of other CIA personnel that would do -- and our families in danger for some sort of moral high ground?"
KELLY: "Dr. Mitchell, you have not been speaking out. We've been trying to get you on the program for a week now. You finally over the weekend said you will do it. What changed?"
MITCHELL: “What changed was, um -- when you first started calling me to be candid with you, I was really upset. I just -- I wasn't ashamed that I had been involved in the program, I am proud of the work we did. We saved lives. I don't care what the Senate said. The presidents, the past CIA directors -- I got an award for the work that we did. They told us we did a good job, they told us we saved lives and I believe that we have."
 

 

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