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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday named a special prosecutor to probe CIA prisoner abuse cases.
Holder's decision came after the Justice Department's ethics watchdog recommended considering prosecution of Central Intelligence Agency employees or contractors for torture techniques in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Holder said in a statement, "in this case, given all of the information currently available, it is clear to me that this review is the only responsible course of action for me to take."
He chose career federal prosecutor John Durham to head the investigation, adding to his probe of the CIA's destruction of videotapes showing tortures of suspects.
As Holder made his decision, new details emerged about the so-called "enhanced" interrogation techniques used after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States under then-President George W. Bush but subsequently scratched by Obama when he took office.
These included sleep and food deprivation as well as waterboarding, a torture technique condemned by human rights bodies.
The American Civil Liberties Union has sued to have the CIA report released and called for Holder to go further and probe "senior officials who authorized torture or wrote the memos that were used to justify it."
But in one case -- a mock execution -- it was later judged "not effective because it came across as being staged," according to the CIA report.
When Obama took office, he ordered government agencies to abide by interrogation limits in the U.S. Army Field Manual, which do not include waterboarding.
Obama has decided to establish a new group of experts to handle interrogation of so-called "terrorism" suspects as recommended by a task force to review policies. They would be limited to the Army manual and techniques used by law enforcement officials.
The group will be housed at the Federal Bureau of Investigation but will answer to the National Security Council, giving the White House more direct say over its actions.
It "will draw on experienced interrogators from different departments, including the intelligence community and law enforcement," an official said.
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US Attorney General Eric Holder, seen here on August 20, 2009, named a career prosecutor to investigate CIA tortures.
Reuters
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