Career
Leso consulted on the interrogation of Mohammed al-Qahtani, the alleged 20th 9/11 hijacker. Information on First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Qahtani"s interrogation became public when a classified interrogation log was leaked to Time. The identity of the whistleblower remains unknown.
Leso"s name was included in the leaked log, which triggered debate in the medical community about the role of psychologists in supporting military interrogations.
Debate is ongoing about the effectiveness and ethics of the interrogation techniques used with First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Qhatani, as many consider them torture. Although some activist psychologists have criticized Leso for "directing" the interrogation of First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Qhatani, scrutiny of public sources on the matter reveals that Leso"s actual role and duties remain unclear.
Leso attended Johns Hopkins University, where he was enrolled in the Reserve Officers Training Corps. Upon complettion of his undergraduate degree Leso was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in psychology from State University of New York, in Albany New York, in 1995.