Months later, that task force suggested the HIG, an interagency group of interrogation professionals that could be dispatched when a high-value target was captured.
That unit advises the group of elite interrogators on the most effective, non-coercive methods of interrogation.
WASHINGTON, May 29 — As the Bush administration completes secret new rules governing interrogations, a group of experts advising the intelligence agencies are arguing that the harsh techniques used since the 2001 terrorist attacks are outmoded, amateurish and unreliable.
This technique involves a reiterative process of interrogation of a group of experts.
He put together a working group on the subject of interrogation, which, on March 6, 2003, drafted a memo stating that to continue using such aggressive techniques would require Presidential authorization.
Now, with a presidential election in August, Mr Kagame is tightening his grip.Earlier this year General Nyamwasa fled Rwanda after an interrogation by a group of senior RPF officials.
Mr. Voulgarakis, 46, who was until February the minister for security, said he been threatened in recent weeks for his suspected role in the illegal interrogation of a group of Pakistanis last year.
The popularity of the American presence was also not increased by the deaths of two men among a group of Afghans arrested and held for interrogation at Bagram Air Base in December.
The APA approved the participation of psychologists in the interrogation of this group of individuals, paving the way for health professionals to directly contribute to an illegal torture program.
That request prompted a broad legal review of interrogation techniques by a working group of Pentagon lawyers.
The CIA chief of interrogations described COBALT as "a dungeon".
