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The High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) is a U.S. intelligence-gathering group created by President Barack Obama in August 2009.[1] Its charter was drawn up in April 2010.[2] It was established to question terrorism suspects soon after their arrests to extract information to head off unfolding plots and track down accomplices.[2]
The group mainly interrogates people overseas. The Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said in January 2010 that the group would begin interrogating people in the U.S. as well.[3]
The group is made up of intelligence professionals from many branches of the U.S. government including the United States Department of State (runs Special Activities Division), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and United States Department of Defense, is housed within the FBI, and run under the auspices of the National Security Council.[2] It is headed by an FBI employee with two deputies (one from the CIA, and one from the U.S. Defense Department), and has three regional teams. It is staffed by linguists, terrorism analysts, and professional interrogators, and supplemented by other government specialists.[2]
The group's creation shifted power from the CIA and the FBI to the White House.[1][4]
HIG questioned Faisal Shahzad, the Times Square car bomber,[2] and Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. [5]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b Kornblut, Anne E. (August 24, 2009). "Obama Approves New Team to Question Key Terror Suspects". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Kimberly Dozier (June 3, 2010). "WH adviser: Interrogation team questions Shahzad". Associated Press. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- ^ Hsu, Spencer S.; Agiesta, Jennifer (January 21, 2010). "Intelligence Chief says FBI was Too Hasty in Handling of Attempted Bombing". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
- ^ "Elite High Value Interrogation Unit Is Taking Its First Painful Steps", by Ed Barnes, Fox News Channel, May 12, 2010
- ^ McKelvey, Tara. "Boston bombings: How to interrogate a suspected terrorist". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
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Lawyers.com Blog (blog)
Fri, 17 May 2013 15:07:42 -0700
Questioned Without Miranda Rights. After a gravely wounded Tsarnaev was taken into custody on April 19, he was questioned by the High-Value Interrogation Group of the U.S. Department of Justice without first being read his Miranda rights. Tsarnaev's ...
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ABC News (blog)
Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:44:06 -0700
That ended the suspect's cooperation in questioning that the Department of Justice's High-Value Interrogation Group had begun under a public safety exception to Miranda, when it can legally question a suspect without a lawyer present. Tsarnaev ...
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Alexandria Town Talk
Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:49:54 -0700
No doubt there will be some legal swordplay over his interrogation by the FBI's High-Value Interrogation Group without receiving Miranda warnings. But the only downside for the government in that duel is that his statements may not be used against him ...
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MarketWatch
Wed, 01 May 2013 15:57:33 -0700
At that point his interrogation had already begun, but it was being conducted by the FBI-led High Value Interrogation Group, solely—or so it should have been—for the purpose of gathering intelligence. Recall that the HIG, as the interrogation group ...
|  Washington Times |
Washington Times
Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:52:37 -0700
It is important to note that the federal government — namely, the FBI's High-Value Interrogation Group — is able to interrogate suspects without “Mirandizing” them when public safety is at issue. The primary concern is not with the interrogation ...
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ABC News (blog)
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:59:13 -0700
That ended the suspect's cooperation in questioning that the Department of Justice's High-Value Interrogation Group had begun under a public safety exception to Miranda, when it can legally question a suspect without a lawyer present. Tsarnaev ...
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The Militant
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:37:56 -0700
The Justice Department's High Value Interrogation Group interrogated him. Federal Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler convened a court hearing April 22 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he is being treated for bullet wounds and other injuries ...
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Mirror.co.uk
Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:27:14 -0700
Dzhokhar, who is reported to have tried to take his own life by shooting himself in the mouth, remains in hospital and is being questioned by the High Value Interrogation Group. Barely able to talk he has answering their questions by writing down his ...
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