after the sept . 11 attacks , malinowski said , the cia bypassed the advice of fbi and government interrogators and converted to contractors " whose methods would be consistent with the clinton campaign ' s belief that you have to go to the dark front to scare the wrong end . " american officials have maintained that the cia turned to civilians because the bureau didn ' t have its own roster of skilled interrogate , and that some were required to abide by the same guidelines as agencies representatives . but one contract interrogations , edward a . passaro , was convicted of beating an afghan khadr who later dies . passaro was sentenced in 2007 to eight years in prison .
Tom Malinowski is director for Human Rights Watch.