The military regime accompanied economic advances with cultural stagnation. Intelligence was considered dangerous, so what occurred was a cultural blackout.

Our waterboarding program is based on the U.S. military training program... tens of thousands of U.S. servicemen were waterboarded pursuant to this program to prepare them for the possibility of being captured someday so that they would know what it felt like.

Frederick said this is what MI (military intelligence) wanted him to do.

are the result of offensive intelligence and military operations overseas, as well as strong partnerships with our allies around the world, such as Pakistan.

I don't think so. Whatever went on in the minds of Syrian military intelligence officials I really can't speak to.

We knew that if the photos of CIA officers conducting authorized EIT (enhanced interrogation techniques) ever got out, the difference between a legal, authorized, necessary, and safe program and the mindless actions of some MPs (military police) would be buried by the impact of the images.