"At a minimum, intelligence officials, who clearly broke American law, should be investigated and have criminal charges brought against them. This should include past and current senior officials, such as General Michael Hayden, Jose Rodriguez and John Brennan, not just for their implementation of the torture program, but for their malfeasance and perjury," Hoh said Tuesday.
Hoh, who served as a marine captain in both Iraq and Afghanistan, made his comments in the wake of the release of a scathing review of CIA interrogation techniques by the US Senate Intelligence Committee.
The report's exposure of torture may not have been earth-shattering, but it did clarify "the deceit by the CIA towards the Congress, the White House and the American people," Hoh added.
"What this clearly shows is an intelligence service that operates without regulation, honor or loyalty," Hoh said.
The CIA and its senior officials, according to the former marine, "both past and present, have proven themselves to be bound only to their own institution and personal legacy".
According to Hoh, the report revealed the need for the United States to reform its intelligence services in light of the CIA electronic surveillance program that allows the agency to blackmail and intimidate opponents.
On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a summary report that included more than 500 pages of the detailed investigation into the CIA controversial interrogation techniques that were used on alleged al-Qaeda agents, following the 9/11 attacks on Washington and New York.
