The CIA Is Out Of The Detention And Interrogation Business

CIA Has Slashed Its Terrorism Interrogation Role -- L.A. Times

The agency has stopped trying to detain or interrogate suspects caught abroad, except those captured in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Reporting from Washington — He's considered one of world's most dangerous terrorism suspects, and the U.S. offered a $1-million reward for his capture in 2005. Intelligence experts say he's a master bomb maker and extremist leader who possesses a wealth of information about Al Qaeda-linked groups in Southeast Asia.

Yet the U.S. has made no move to interrogate or seek custody of Indonesian militant Umar Patek since he was apprehended this year by officials in Pakistan with the help of a CIA tip, U.S. and Pakistani officials say.

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My Comment: In the even of another major terrorism attack on U.S. soil, I can hear the chorus line right .... how and why did the CIA fail. Unfortunately for us, harsh interrogations techniques do reveal information, and we in the west are now losing out on this information.