Education Of An Interrogator: Questioning The CIA -- NPRGlenn Carle's bosses asked him if he could go on a trip — one that would last somewhere between 30 and 60 days. His job? To interrogate a man suspected of being a top member of al-Qaida.
It was 2002 and, in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. was heavily engaged in its "War on Terror." Carle, a former CIA intelligence officer, was "surged" to become an interrogator and sent to one of the agency's secret overseas facilities. He writes about his experience in his new book, The Interrogator: An Education.
Carle tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that he was told to do whatever it took to make the man talk. When Carle questioned his superiors, saying, "We don't do that," they replied, "We do now."
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My Comment: This is a job that I would have zero interest in taking .... and I have trouble believing that Glenn Carle was not sure on what he was getting into when he first took the job. Was he that ignorant? Hmmmm ... I have my doubts.
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