Obama’s New Interrogation Unit

War on Terror

Updated Apr. 25, 2017 2:07PM EDT / Published Aug. 24, 2009 2:09AM EDT

An interrogation unit in the White House that’s not the brainchild of Dick Cheney? The Washington Post reports that, last week, President Obama approved the creation of the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group—a new interrogation unit of experts culled from several intelligence agencies. The unit will be housed at the FBI and overseen by the National Security Council in what the Post calls a deliberate attempt to shift power away from the CIA and give the White House direct oversight.

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Obama’s New Interrogation Unit