Trump signals changes to US interrogation, detention policy

Published January 26, 2017

FILE - In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a US Department of Defense official, US military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. A draft executive order shows President Donald Trump asking for a review of America’s methods for interrogation terror suspects and whether the U.S. should reopen CIA-run “black site” prisons outside the U.S. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file) (The Associated Press)

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President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, and others, speaks during a visit to the Homeland Security Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (The Associated Press)

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, pauses while speaking at the Homeland Security Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (The Associated Press)

President Donald Trump is renewing his embrace of torture in the fight against Islamic extremism.

Trump backed torture on Wednesday shortly after The Associated Press and other news organizations obtained a copy of a draft executive order that signals sweeping changes to U.S. interrogation and detention policy.

The draft order drew criticism from opponents of Bush-era interrogation policies and CIA-run "black site" prisons.

The draft order would reverse President Barack Obama's order to close the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

It orders up recommendations on whether the U.S. should reopen CIA detention facilities outside the United States. And it also calls for a review of and suggested changes to interrogation methods used on terror suspects.

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