Yet another reason not to hire criminals as security contractors

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Friday, September 4, 2009 - 5:41 PM Share

The U.S. embassy in Kabul says it is firing its frat boy security contractors. This brings to mind a recent news report that the British security guard charged with murdering two of his colleagues in the Green Zone early in August had a criminal record back in the UK. He actually left Britain despite being on probation for robbery and firearms offenses, the papers reported.

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BILL KELLER

8:14 PM ET

September 9, 2009

Or have them advise on interrogations....

"It is surprising, as the eighth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, that none of Al Qaeda’s top leadership is in our custody. One damaging consequence of the harsh interrogation program was that the expert interrogators whose skills were deemed unnecessary to the new methods were forced out." NYT Op-Ed Contributor, FBI Special Agent, Ali H. Soufan, 6 September 2009