--- title: Torture Report: Here's Where the Key Players Are Now description: Here are the people to keep an eye out for in the Senate report on the CIA's interrogation program, and what they're up to now. canonical: https://time.com/3623578/torture-report-people-players/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-09T14:26:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:25.595Z article:section: Politics og:title: Torture Report: Here's Where the Key Players Are Now og:description: Here are the people to keep an eye out for in the Senate report on the CIA's interrogation program, and what they're up to now. og:url: https://time.com/3623578/torture-report-people-players/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Torture Report: Here's Where the Key Players Are Now twitter:description: Here are the people to keep an eye out for in the Senate report on the CIA's interrogation program, and what they're up to now. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Torture Report: Here's Where the Key Players Are Now > Sponsored content. 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Bush attends a game between the Southern Methodist Mustangs and the Baylor Bears at McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas on Aug. 31, 2014. Ronald Martinez—Getty Images As President, George W. Bush approved the CIA’s interrogation program and when it became public, famously said, [“We don’t torture.”](http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1668707,00.html) Since leaving the White House, Bush has largely stayed off the public stage, giving [infrequent interviews](http://us.cnn.com/2014/12/05/politics/george-w-bush-hillary-clinton-jeb-bush/index.html?hpt=hp%5Fc2), [opening his presidential library](http://swampland.time.com/2013/04/25/inside-the-george-w-bush-presidential-library-and-museum/) and [learning to paint](http://time.com/49844/george-w-bush-unveils-new-collection-of-paintings/). ### Dick Cheney  Former Vice President Dick Cheney appears on NBC News' "Today" show on October 21, 2013 NBC NewsWire/Getty Images Vice President Dick Cheney was a key behind-the-scenes advocate for harsher interrogation programs. He has remained [a vocal supporter](http://content.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1886603,00.html) of the policies in the years since he stepped down, arguing that they helped prevent another terrorist attack after 9/11. ### John Ashcroft  Former Attorney General John Ashcroft is seated before President Barack Obama and James Comey arrive for Comey's installation ceremony as FBI director in Washington on OCt. 28, 2013. Charles Dharapak—AP As Attorney General, Ashcroft told the CIA’s general counsel that he [saw no problem with waterboarding one detainee 119 times](http://swampland.time.com/2009/08/24/five-important-revelations-from-the-cia-inspector-general-report/). He now runs the Ashcroft Group, a D.C. lobbying firm, and the Ashcroft Law Firm. ### George Tenet  George Tenet, former CIA director, listens during an interview in New York City on April 30, 2007. Bebeto Matthews—AP The second-longest serving CIA director in history, George Tenet was in charge of the agency that ran the interrogation programs. Since [stepping down](http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,645382,00.html) in 2004, he’s written a memoir that [defended the policy](http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1892947,00.html) and now works as a managing director of the investment bank Allen & Company in New York City. ### Michael Hayden  Former CIA Director Michael Hayden participates in a news conference at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. on Jan. 15, 2009. Luis Alvarez—AP Hayden led the CIA from 2006 to 2009, and was the first official to brief the full intelligence committees on the interrogation programs. Now he’s a principal at the Chertoff group, a security consulting firm, and a visiting professor at George Mason University. ### John Yoo  Former Department of Justice official John Yoo testifies before the House Judiciary committee in Washington on June 26, 2008. Melissa Golden—Getty Images As a top lawyer at Bush’s Justice Department, Yoo was the chief author of the legal opinions that legitimized the interrogation techniques that critics say constitute torture. The opinions have shielded Bush administration officials from being charged with violating the anti-torture statute. Yoo is now a law professor at UC Berkeley. ### Porter Goss  Porter Goss, Former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in Paris on Jan. 20, 2012. Jacques DeMarthon—AFP/Getty Images Goss served as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee from 1997 to 2004\. He later became the CIA director, and internal CIA documents released in 2010 showed him agreeing with the destruction of videotapes documenting the interrogations of two Al Qaeda detainees. The destruction of those tapes prompted an investigation by the Senate intelligence committee and led to the report that will be released Tuesday. Goss is now the Chairman of the Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics. ### John McLaughlin  John McLaughlin, Former CIA deputy director, answers questions during a news conference at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. on July 9, 2004. Lawrence Jackson—AP McLaughlin was Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from 2000 to 2004, the number two at the agency during the years that waterboarding, sleep deprivation and other harsh techniques were used. Now he teaches at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. ### Marty Martin  Ex-CIA Operative Marty Martin, from the film "Manhunt," poses for a portrait during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the Fender Music Lodge in Park City, Utah on Jan. 21, 2013. Victoria Will—Invision/AP Martin was a CIA official who oversaw the agency’s efforts to find and interrogate al Qaeda operatives from 2002 to 2004\. He is now a security consultant. ### Ali Soufan  Ali Soufan poses at the offices at his security firm, the Soufan Group, in New York City Sept. 13, 2011. Zinta Lundborg—Bloomberg/Getty Images Soufan is a former FBI interrogator who debriefed al Qaeda suspects before and after 9/11 and has been critical of the CIA’s interrogation program. He is now a security consultant. ### Jose Rodriguez  Jose Rodriguez CIA/AP Rodriguez ran the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center in the aftermath of 9/11 when the CIA employed enhanced interrogation methods. He [told TIME in 2011](http://swampland.time.com/2011/05/04/did-torture-get-the-us-osama-bin-laden/) that these techniques led to the death of Osama bin Laden. 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