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Ensuring Lawful Interrogations

Federal & State Law Editorial TeamLast reviewed: April 2026
Barack Obama
January 22, 2009
74 FR 4893

Summary

Required all interrogations of detainees to follow the Army Field Manual, effectively banning the enhanced interrogation techniques (including waterboarding) used under the Bush administration's CIA program.

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