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Army Launches Wiki Field Manuals

Rob Quinn — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:22:44 CDT

The US Army has borrowed an idea—and some software—from Wikipedia to introduce field manuals any soldier can edit, the New York Times reports. Seven manuals have been opened for editing by anybody from private to general in a trial program the military says is an effort to close...

Feds Plan to Build Team of Terror Interrogation Pros

Rob Quinn — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:16:37 CDT

The Obama administration is working on plans to create a team of interrogation experts drawn from different agencies, insiders tell the Wall Street Journal . The unit would take the job of debriefing "high-value" terror suspects away from the CIA, the sources say, and would be tasked with creating new, noncoercive...

Obama Signs Order to Close Gitmo

Kevin Spak — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:51:23 CST

President Obama today signed orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center within a year, review the military terror trials, and ban the harshest interrogation techniques, the AP reports. “There we go,” the president said with satisfaction after signing the orders, which promise to fundamentally reshape the country's approach towards...

Obama Will Ban Torture— But Considers a Loophole

Harry Kimball — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:38:01 CST

Barack Obama is set to prohibit waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques by mandating the CIA follow the US Army Field Manual when questioning suspects, the AP reports. But as the president-elect debates whether to make the changes through legislation or presidential fiat, the incoming administration is also considering a...

Is He Against Torture?

Nick McMaster — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:45:00 CST

The LA Times editorial board today slammed John McCain for a vote the paper feels undermines the senator’s “admirable” opposition to torture in interrogations. McCain, whom the Times endorsed earlier this month, voted against legislation that forbids CIA interrogators from using waterboarding or other methods banned by the Army Field...