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Torture-Linked Firm Vacates Spokane Headquarters

HeadlineMay 28, 2009

The torture-linked military contractor Mitchell Jessen & Associates has moved out of its Spokane, Washington, office to an undisclosed location. Named for its founders, the military psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, the firm played a key role in developing the Bush administration’s torture methods used on foreign prisoners. The investigative website ProPublica reports Mitchell Jessen has disconnected its phone number and hasn’t left a forwarding address at its now-vacated offices.

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