* The much-maligned enhanced interrogations that my Agency sparingly performed on known terrorists were wholly based on this SERE training. The politics that followed negatively impacted on the lives of many dedicated Agency officers—especially that of my dear friend and former boss Jose Rodriguez, arguably the most beloved leader in my generation of officers at the CIA.
* Subsequently, circa 1984, they upgraded to Mi-24 Hind—the same weapon that terrorized the mujahideen in Afghanistan.