Monday, July 20, 2009

Special Interrogation Units To Be Established For Terrorists?

A detainee strolls inside the open-air yard at the Camp Four detention facility on the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba in May. The Obama administration is considering a plan to overhaul interrogation of 'high-value' detainees. Associated Press

Specialized Interrogation Unit May Be Created -- Washington Post

Personnel Chosen From Different Agencies Would Question High-Value Targets

A Justice Department-led task force reviewing interrogation policy is leaning toward the creation of a small, specialized unit drawing personnel from intelligence, military and law enforcement agencies to question without the use of coercion any future high-value terrorism suspects captured by the United States, according to administration officials.

President Obama ordered an interagency review of interrogation policy in January. The task force, led by a federal prosecutor steeped in national security issues, was charged with determining whether interrogation guidelines in the Army Field Manual are sufficient for other agencies, such as the CIA, that may capture and question suspects outside the United States.

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Update: U.S. Weighs Special Team of Terrorism Interrogators -- Wall Street Journal

My Comment: The administration is looking for a way to get intelligence information without using "enhanced interrogation" techniques, and to then be positioned to use this information to prosecute (in a legal setting) the terrorist and/or prisoner who gave this information.

Someone must be dreaming.

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