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FOX News had earlier confirmed that the new unit would be created, and that it would report to the White House-based National Security Council.
Though such work typically falls to the CIA, one senior U.S. official told FOX News that the CIA did not want to house the new initiative.
According to The Washington Post, the new unit would be named the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group and would be composed of experts in this field from the law enforcement and intelligence community. Obama was said to have approved creation of the unit late last week.
The unit's structure would depart significantly from such work under the Bush administration, when the CIA had the lead and sometimes exclusive role in questioning Al Qaeda suspects.
One official, who spoke on grounds of anonymity, said such a unit would not alter the administration's decision banning harsh interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, that were authorized by the Bush administration.
The White House confirmed the new unit would be created on the same day the Justice Department is expected to release a report on the alleged prisoner abuse at the hands of CIA interrogators
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...rogation-unit/
FOX News had earlier confirmed that the new unit would be created, and that it would report to the White House-based National Security Council.
Though such work typically falls to the CIA, one senior U.S. official told FOX News that the CIA did not want to house the new initiative.
According to The Washington Post, the new unit would be named the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group and would be composed of experts in this field from the law enforcement and intelligence community. Obama was said to have approved creation of the unit late last week.
The unit's structure would depart significantly from such work under the Bush administration, when the CIA had the lead and sometimes exclusive role in questioning Al Qaeda suspects.
One official, who spoke on grounds of anonymity, said such a unit would not alter the administration's decision banning harsh interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, that were authorized by the Bush administration.
The White House confirmed the new unit would be created on the same day the Justice Department is expected to release a report on the alleged prisoner abuse at the hands of CIA interrogators