Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune.
WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama has approved creation of a new, special terrorism-era interrogation unit to be supervised by the White House, a top aide said Monday, further distancing his administration from President George W. Bush’s detainee policies.
The administration has also decided that all U.S. interrogators will follow the rules for detainees laid out by the Army Field Manual, according to senior administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the decision. That decision aims to end years of fierce debate over how rough U.S. personnel can get with terror suspects in custody.
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Hurray!
Nonetheless, the spokesman added, Obama believes the attorney general should be fully independent from the White House and he has full faith in Holder to make the decision on whether to reopen several such cases with an eye toward possible criminal prosecution. “He ultimately is going to make the decisions,” Burton said of Holder.
CIA Director Leon Panetta said in an e-mail message to agency employees Monday that he intends “to stand up for those officers who did what their country asked and who followed the legal guidance they were given. That is the president’s position, too,” he said.
We’ll see, Leon, we’ll see. HOPE!
White House to investigate War of Error? Even the project for a new American century website is back up. Can you say 911 commission part deux?
What was wrong with it? Other than Bush ignoring its recommendations?
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p>In any case, this is more serious: US Justice investigating.