he was IN*, not special forces. Although apparently they've reclassified that as "absolutely everyone" these days anyway. *Intelligence Corps. They're genuinely not allowed to talk about what they did or they actually go to actual prison. It's a bugger.

he was, let me anecdotally add, a very good IN officer in that his personal staff didn't hate him (which is SOP) and in fact seemed to quite like him. My view, based on two (2) encounters, is that he is sane and likes people.