text: "Jessen and James Mitchell ran a Spokane-based company that received $81 million from the U.S. government to develop harsh interrogation methods." The government could have saved $81 million by watching more TV, where every possible method of torture has been proven successful by police officers, serial killers, private detectives, mercenaries, lawyers, spies, politicians, cheerleaders, gangsters, plumbers, drug dealers and, yes, even psychologists. Because television is just like real life, except you can't feel the pain.