One of the reported architects of the interrogation program blasted in a scathing Senate Intelligence Committee report has tough words  for the authors. "It's a partisan pile of bull----," James Mitchell told CNN in an interview. Mitchell said he could not confirm or deny whether he was one of the key players referred to pseudonymously in the report -- citing a non-disclosure agreement he signed with the federal government. "If they were truly interested in getting the truth out, they would release me from it," said Mitchell, adding that he would be happy to talk. The report describes two psychologists who developed the interrogation program, and later had received $80 million from the government to run it despite the fact that neither had "specialized knowledge of al-Qa'ida, a background in counterterrorism, or any relevant cultural or linguistic expertise."
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Reported 'architect' of CIA interrogation techniques slams torture report
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James Mitchell says CIA agents gave their lives for the American people
"The suggestion that the men and women of the @placeholder who put their lives on the line after 9/11 lied to the Senate, lied to the President and used bogus intelligence for some nefarious reason that's unknown," he said.