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Enhancing Interrogation: Advancing a New Agenda

John A. Wahlquist-2009-05-01-The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters

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W ithin two days of his inauguration, fulfilling a campaign pledge to end abusive interrogation practices, President Barack Obama issued an executive order that revoked all previous Bush Administration "executive directives, orders, and regulations" dealing with detainee interrogation. Also overturned by the order were any previous "interpretations of the law governing interrogation" emanating from the Bush Administration's Department of Justice. The order established Army Field Manual (FM) 2-22.3, Human Intelligence Collector Operations, as the new standard for conducting intelligence interrogations, applicable to all agencies of the US government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Specifically, the executive order prohibits "any interrogation technique or approach, or any treatment related to interrogation that is not authorized by and listed in [FM 2-22.3]." 1

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W ithin two days of his inauguration, fulfilling a campaign pledge to end abusive interrogation practices, President Barack Obama issued an executive order that revoked all previous Bush Administration "executive directives, orders, and regulations" dealing with detainee interrogation. Also overturned by the order were any previous "interpretations of the law governing interrogation" emanating from the Bush Administration's Department of Justice. The order established Army Field Manual (FM) 2-22.3, Human Intelligence Collector Operations, as the new standard for conducting intelligence interrogations, applicable to all agencies of the US government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Specifically, the executive order prohibits "any interrogation technique or approach, or any treatment related to interrogation that is not authorized by and listed in [FM 2-22.3]." 1

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InterrogationPolitical sciencePublic administrationLaw

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