Apparently quite a few of just the sort you would expect to be involved: "individuals who, among other issues, had engaged in inappropriate detainee interrogations, had workplace anger management issues, and had reportedly admitted to sexual assault."
The CTC (Counter-Terrorism Center) Legal group wanted to vet all applications, but the CTC head, Jose Rodriguez, objected, basically saying that Legal should just provide the guidelines and otherwise get out of the way.
(Full summary item on page 58 of the document.)
Originally shared by +Andreas Schou:
From the torture report, some unsurprising data that's gone unmentioned elsewhere: it is difficult to find torturers except among people with a predisposition to torture. From the torture report:
Contrary to statements later made by CIA Director Michael Hayden, and other CIA officials that "[a]ll those involved in the questioning of detainees are carefully chosen and screened for demonstrated professional judgment and maturity," CIA records suggest that the vetting […] not take place. The Committee reviewed CIA records related to several CIA officers and contractors involved in the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, most of whom conducted interrogations. The Committee identified a number of personnel whose backgrounds include notable derogatory information calling into question their eligibility for employment, their access to classified information, and their participation in CIA interrogation activities.
In nearly all cases, the derogatory information was known to the CIA prior to the assignment of the CIA officers to the Detention and Interrogation Program. This group of officers included individuals who, among other issues, had engaged in inappropriate detainee interrogations, had workplace anger management issues, and had reportedly admitted to sexual assault.
After the initial coercive interrogations of AZ at Station ALEC failed to turn up anything of substantial intelligence value, the counterterrorism team stationed there questioned their ability to continue with interrogations they felt to be futile. As the program continued, the career counterterrorism officers were replaced with a broad assortment of incompetent but committed sadists.
As unsurprising as it is depressing.
