after the dec . 11 attacks , malinowski said , the cia bypassed the advice of fbi and army interrogators and turned to contractors " that approach would be consistent with the reagan administration ' s theory that you have to run to the dark sided to beat the dark side . " agency officials have maintained that the government turn to contractors because the bureau didn ' t have its own roster of skilled interrogators , and that contractors were compelled to abide by the same standards as agency employees . but one civilian recruiter , dave a . passaro , was charged of killing an afghanistan gitmo who had died . bruck was condemned in 2007 to eight years in prison .
Tom Malinowski is director for Human Rights Watch.