Why do you think the so-called enhanced interrogators did it?

[ck4829]

What kind of person would get a paycheck to do this?

[BlooInBloo]

1. Because they're sick pieces of shit who were given the cover of an order and a memo.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. They did it because they are the envoys of the nation that holds

itself out as an example for the rest of the world. They are setting an example.

[C_U_L8R]

3. They probably made very good money

our money btw... via Dick's black bag

[JuniperLea]

4. Other...

All of those things, but not necessarily in that order.

[Duer 157099]

5. Various

In addition to those you posted, some did it as revenge for 9/11. Others did it as a result of frustration.

[customerserviceguy]

6. I do believe they were misguidely doing this in what they believed to be the interest of the country

which is why President Obama said that we are not going to prosecute this any further.

Were they wrong? Perhaps. But things look different in 2009 than they looked in 2002.

[defendandprotect]

7. I went with the second option, but really think a combination of all those things . . .

And I would love truth hearings where these people could tell us why they did

something so wrong --- so wrong for our country -- so wrong for the safety of

our soldiers -- and so wrong for them which they may not realize yet.

Once you're raised the most brutal army America has ever raised, I think it's

a short step to this kind of mayhem and violence, not only torward innocent

civilians but against prisoners.

I think we're also seeing this in our prisons with the rise of the right --

and love of violence/punishment!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. "Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton

These criminals were given power which corrupted them.

Also, see "Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland" by Christopher Browning