Obama to unilaterally disarm CIA interrogations

Sara Carter and Eli Lake:

President Obama on Thursday will order the closure of so-called black sites, where CIA and European security services have interrogated terrorist suspects, under executive orders dismantling much of the Bush admistration's architecture for the war on terror, according to four individuals familiar with a draft executive order.

Mr. Obama will shutter "all permanant detention facilities overseas," the draft said, according to the individuals who asked not to be named because the orders have not yet been signed. There are at least eight such prisons, according to published reports. The Bush administration never revealed the number or location of the facilities, although several were said to be in Eastern Europe.

The individuals said there will be three executive orders. One will order the black sites closed and require all interrogations of detainees across the entire U.S. intelligence community to adhere to the U.S. Army Field Manual. The manual specifies a range of interrogation techniques that are not considered torture.

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This is not an intelligent move. It is right up their with the wall that Democrats constructed during the Clinton administration. In fact Obama appears to be headed for most of the failed lawfare policies of the past. He is putting American lives at risk for dubious reasons. While the terrorist might appreciate his concern, they are not going to stop their attempts to commit mass murder of Americans for Allah.

This is just another reason why Democrats should not be trusted with national security matters.

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