Daniel J. Jones

Daniel J. Jones
Born
Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationElizabethtown College (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MA)
Harvard Kennedy School (MPP)
Occupation(s)Former FBI and U.S. Senate investigator
Research and investigative services
Years active2007–present
Known forSenate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture
Notable workSenate Report on CIA Torture

Daniel J. Jones is an American former United States Senate investigator who served as the senior staff lead in the investigation into the CIA's use of torture in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Jones is the founder and president of Advance Democracy, Inc. (ADI), a nonpartisan, non-profit organization that conducts public interest investigations around the world that promote "accountability, transparency, and good governance", according to its description.[1] Jones is also the founder of The Penn Quarter Group, a research and investigative advisory headquartered in Washington, DC.[2]

Jones previously worked as an investigator for the Senate and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As a staff member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, he led several prominent investigations, including the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture, also known as The Torture Report.[3]

Jones was a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School from 2017 to 2019.[4]

  1. ^ "Advance Democracy". Advance Democracy. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "The Penn Quarter Group - The PQG - Our Leadership". The Penn Quarter Group. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  3. ^ United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence (2014). The Senate Intelligence Committee report on torture: committee study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program. Feinstein, Dianne, 1933-. Brooklyn, NY. ISBN 9781612194851. OCLC 898167778.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Daniel J. Jones". carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved August 21, 2019.