Blair Says Army Manual to Apply to CIA

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Blair Says Army Manual to Apply to CIA
January 22, 2009
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's pick to be the top intelligence officer says the Army Field Manual that outlines legal interrogation techniques will govern CIA questioning.

Retired Adm. Dennis Blair told the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday that the military field manual also will be reviewed for possible changes. The manual outlines 19 legal techniques and forbids nine.

Blair said it won't be called the Army Field Manual. He said it will be called "the manual for government interrogations."

He said there needs to be a single uniform standard for the treatment of detainees. Under the Bush administration, the CIA was allowed to conduct harsh interrogations that went well beyond the military methods.


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