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President Donald Trump drew sharp criticism Wednesday from Republicans as well as Democrats on Capitol Hill over the prospect of an administration review of U.S. policy on the interrogation and detention of enemy combatants, a move that could lay the groundwork for resuming the use of techniques once banned as torture. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Two of the officials who will be in charge of carrying out President Donald Trump's terrorism detainee policies, Defense Secretary James Mattis and CIA Director Mike Pompeo, were “blindsided” by reports of a draft executive order that would require the CIA to reconsider using interrogation techniques that some consider torture, according to sources with knowledge of their thinking. - Politico
President Trump said Wednesday he believes that torture “works” and would consider reinstating banned interrogation methods depending on the advice of members of his national security team. – The Hill