Full Circle: Move to Shift Interrogations Away From CIA Draws Pre-Sept. 11 Comparisons
The Obama administration insists that a new interrogation unit will comprise interrogators from several agencies, including the CIA, and will continue to focus primarily on "intelligence gathering."
Most of the details behind a White House plan to grab oversight authority over detainee interrogations still need to be ironed out, but critics already are questioning the logic behind the move to yank responsibility from the CIA and hand it to a potentially political and bureaucratic unit.
The changing landscape for how the United States handles terrorism suspects is unmistakable.
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My Comment: Bottom line .... the CIA has now been taken out from counter terrorism operations and policy discussions.
Counter terrorism will not follow under the purview of the FBI and the White House.
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