Washington, July 18: The Obama Administration is considering overhauling the system to interrogate terrorists by creating a small team of professionals drawn from across the government, a sharp contrast to the Bush era when the ‘high-value’ detainees were handled by the CIA only.
The new unit, comprising members of spy services and law-enforcement agencies, would be used for the so-called high-value detainees, ‘The Wall Street Journal’ reported Saturday.
“One of the team’s tasks would likely be to devise a new set of interrogation methods,” the report said, quoting one person familiar with the proposal.
“Those techniques could be drawn from sources ranging from scientific studies to the psychology behind television ads,” the daily said.
–PTI