Obama Outlaws Legal Interrogation Methods, With An Out

This particular Executive Order proclaims that the only interrogation methods to be used on detainees in the War on Terror are those found in the Army Field Manual . As media reports are already starting to show, that's a bit problematic:

The executive order says everyone in custody should be questioned under the Army Field Manual, which is intended for honorable combatants, meaning POWs in a military conflict. The rule would prevent trained interrogators at the CIA from using lawful interrogation techniques against terrorists who have been trained to withstand Army Field Manual techniques.

So by this order, Obama is not outlawing so-called torture of detainees, but preventing the use by our national security apparatus of certain legal interrogation techniques that have kept us safe for the past 7+ years...

READ MORE