Interrogations advisor urges Bush-era torture probe

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Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a body that advises U.S. terrorism interrogators on ethics on Thursday called for a special prosecutor to probe how the abuse of captured militants during the Bush administration's "war on terror" was allowed to happen.

The call came from Mark Fallon, head of a committee that advises the interagency High Value Interrogation Group, and followed the release of a report on Thursday that accused America's top organization of psychologists of secretly collaborating with the CIA, White House and Pentagon to help justify torture.

Fallon said the accusation of collusion of the American Psychological Association in the torture of detainees after the Sept 11, 2001 attacks highlights the need for a wider investigation.

"We need an independent counsel to take a look, with subpoena power and with the ability to have people testify under oath," Fallon told Reuters.


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1. There should be a special prosecutor to look into these allegations