Men like these were likely scooped up in their darkest moments, when their lives had hit rock bottom. It was how terrorist cells and gangs operated. They found the stragglers, the weak ones in the herd that couldn’t keep up or were too different to be drawn in by the mainstream. They were the forgotten, the castaways of society. Some were probably orphans. That was a common denominator for several higher-end special ops units. Even the Pony Express had preferred men without familial ties due to the inherent dangers involved in the job.
