US mulls special terrorist interrogation team
AFP
WASHINGTON - US officials are looking into organizing a team of interrogators from several government agencies to specialize in questioning high-value terrorist suspects, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
The small team will likely also be tasked with drawing up new interrogation methods, the Journal said, citing people familiar with a proposal that will be submitted to the White House.
According to the Journal, there is general support for the idea among officials in President Barack Obama's administration.
The special counterterrorism group, drawn from the government spy agencies and other law enforcement departments, would focus on gathering intelligence, and less on gathering evidence for a trial.
"The debate is over the details of how to do it: who should be in charge, where it should be housed within the government, and what its composition will be," the Journal said.
The White House did not immediately return calls for comment.
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