President-elect Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Vice President-elect Senator Joe Biden at the presidential transition office in Washington January 14, 2009. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)From Yahoo News/AP:
WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to prohibit the use of waterboarding and harsh interrogation techniques by ordering the CIA to follow military rules for questioning prisoners, according to two U.S. officials familiar with drafts of the plans.
The proposal Obama is considering would require all CIA interrogators to follow conduct outlined in the U.S. Army Field Manual, the officials said. The plans would also have the effect of shutting down secret "black site" prisons around the world where the CIA has questioned terror suspects — with all future interrogations taking place inside American military facilities.
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My Comment: Water boarding and/or torture has only been applied to three suspects in U.S. prisons .... and all three gave information that was valuable to the intelligence community. What happens on "black sites" is unknown.
So .... will this change anything right now .... hmmmm .... nope.
Like his soon to be announced decree to close Guantanamo .... it will be a big announcement .... but Guantanamo will still be open and detainees will still be there.