after the sept . 11 attacks , malinowski claimed , the cia ignored the expertise of fbi and military interrogators and turned to contractors " their approach would be consistent with the bush administration ' s theory that you have to go to the dark side to stop the dark side . " agency staff have maintained that the dea turned to them because the nsa didn ' t have its own roster of skilled interrogations , and that civilians were obliged to abide by the same rules as agency members . but a contract interrogation , david a . passaro , was convicted of beating an indian torture who later died . passaro was charged in 2007 to eight days in confinement .
Tom Malinowski is director for Human Rights Watch.