They picked low-level flunkies to do their dirty work

That's right, the top CIA criminals picked low-level flunkies with no interrogation experience, no Arabic language skills, and no management experience to design and run their torture program. Did the CIA figure that immoral low-level flunkies were just the right ticket, because they would be eager for this "cherry" assignment to advance their careers? Or was this just another manifestation of the incompetence of the GW Bush administration, like their Katrina hurricane response? What arrogance entwined with cowardice for high-level CIA big-wigs to reach down into the lower ranks to high the equivalent of a 2nd lieutenant to run such a program! Not only did they have no empathy for the men they tortured, but they also had no understanding of the effects performing such heinous deeds would have on the consciousness of the torturers. The lies, the cover-ups that their "enhanced interrogation" program was being run by experienced, careful and professional managers is just astonishing.

And shame on the Obama administration for not pursueing criminal prosecutions! So here's a question for any candidate for 2016 presidency: "Will you pursue prosecution?"