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He writes about his experience in his new book, The Interrogator: An Education. When Carle questioned his superiors, saying, "We don't do that," they replied, "We do now.
None of the specifics about the detainee's name, nationality or location of the interrogations are included in the book. In fact, large chunks of the book are blacked out — Carle says the CIA redacted close to 40 percent of the original manuscript. But what readers do learn is Carle's feelings about, and reactions to, the situation he was in. From early on, Carle believed that physical abuse would be counterproductive and that it would not be something he would take part in.
We had been taught that psychological manipulation was not lasting or severe — that's the definition of what would be unacceptable treatment.
I concluded pretty quickly that that was wrong and came to oppose [psychological manipulation], too. It was nearly unthinkable that all they had all been wrong. That he had been rendered meant that he must be the man they wanted. As is the case with any bureaucratic organization, once it has set on a course of action, it is almost impossible to shift course.
The Agency was not about to rethink its strategy simply because of the doubts of a single officer. More than anything, this book details the internal problems that plague the Agency. The Agency and others might want to dismiss Carle as a malcontent airing sordid internal affairs.
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