Tag: interrogation
Posted on Mon Aug 24, 2009 at 07:25:00 AM EST
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Last month we reported on the Obama Administration's plan to shift interrogation of high-value detainees from the CIA.
The Washington Post reports the new plan has now been approved.
Obama signed off late last week on the unit, named the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, or HIG. Made up of experts from several intelligence and law enforcement agencies, the interrogation unit will be housed at the FBI but will be overseen by the National Security Council -- shifting the center of gravity away from the CIA and giving the White House direct oversight.
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Posted on Sat Jul 18, 2009 at 06:50:45 PM EST
Tags: detainees, interrogation (all tags)
The Wall St. Journal reports today that President Obama may be considering a big change in the way the U.S. interrogates high-value detainees.
The Obama administration is considering overhauling the way terror suspects are interrogated by creating a small team of professionals drawn from across the government, according to people familiar with a proposal that will be submitted to the White House.
The new unit, comprising members of spy services and law-enforcement agencies, would be used for so-called high-value detainees, they said. In a switch from Bush-era efforts, it wouldn't be run by the Central Intelligence Agency, though who might be in charge isn't specified.
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