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Mitchell denies writing the cable
but the techniques he devised would become standard
operating procedure for the CIA. For a price of over $180 million the CIA would contract
Mitchell and Jessen to train and supervise interrogators at black sites
in eight foreign countries. Despite Mitchell's attempts
to impose guidelines things would spin out of control. Following the torture of Abu Zubaydah EITs mutated like a virus and spread throughout the CIA
to Guantanamo and military operations
in Afghanistan and Iraq. What evolved
from Mitchell's techniques was revealed in the photographs
from the prison at Abu Ghraib. The public uproar over those images
caused the CIA to reckon with its own photographic record
but the techniques he devised would become standard
operating procedure for the CIA. For a price of over $180 million the CIA would contract
Mitchell and Jessen to train and supervise interrogators at black sites
in eight foreign countries. Despite Mitchell's attempts
to impose guidelines things would spin out of control. Following the torture of Abu Zubaydah EITs mutated like a virus and spread throughout the CIA
to Guantanamo and military operations
in Afghanistan and Iraq. What evolved
from Mitchell's techniques was revealed in the photographs
from the prison at Abu Ghraib. The public uproar over those images
caused the CIA to reckon with its own photographic record
Full Transcript
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Mitchell denies writing the cable
but the techniques he devised
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would become standard
operating procedure for the CIA.
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For a price of over $180 million
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the CIA would contract
Mitchell and Jessen
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to train and supervise interrogators
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at black sites
in eight foreign countries.
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Despite Mitchell's attempts
to impose guidelines
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things would spin out of control.
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Following the torture of Abu Zubaydah
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EITs mutated like a virus
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and spread throughout the CIA
to Guantanamo
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and military operations
in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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What evolved
from Mitchell's techniques
00:00:36.998 --> 00:00:39.044
was revealed in the photographs
from the prison at Abu Ghraib.
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The public uproar over those images
caused the CIA to reckon
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with its own photographic record.
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Movie Summary
Follows the story of Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee subjected to the CIA's program, later identified as torture by those outside the agency.
