High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group

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High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group
File:High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group.png
Seal of the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group
ActiveAugust 2009 – present[1]
(15 years)
CountryUnited States
AgencyFederal Bureau of Investigation
Central Intelligence Agency
Department of Defense
Part ofNational Security Branch (administrative)
AbbreviationHIG
Commanders
Current
commander		Lawrence Buckley[2]
Notable
commanders		Eli Miranda[3]

George Piro[4]

Frazier Thompson[5]

The High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) is a U.S. three-agency intelligence-gathering entity that brings together intelligence professionals from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the United States Department of Defense (DoD).[6][7] It is administratively housed within the FBI's National Security Branch.[8]

The HIG was created by President Barack Obama in August 2009 with its charter written in April 2010.[9][10] It was established to question terrorism suspects soon after their arrests, to quickly obtain information about accomplices and terrorism threats.[10]

The group was to be responsible for interrogations overseas.[11] In January 2010, the Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said that the group would begin interrogating people in the U.S. as well.[11] The HIG claims to use authorized, lawful, non-coercive techniques and conducts research on the effectiveness of interrogation techniques and provides training for their interrogators, other U.S. Intelligence Community and law enforcement partners and allies abroad.[7]

The HIG is administered by the FBI.[6] The Director of the HIG is an FBI representative with two deputies, one from the DoD and the other from the CIA.[6] The HIG is subject to oversight by the National Security Council, the Department of Justice, and by Congress.[6][10]

The group's creation stopped a bureaucratic war between the CIA and the FBI over who had responsibility for interrogations.[9][12]

HIG questioned Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American citizen responsible for the 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt,[10] Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,[13] and Benghazi terror suspect Ahmed Abu Khattala.

References

  1. ↑ "History and Evolution" (in en-us). 2010-08-28. https://ucr.fbi.gov/nsb/high-value-detainee-interrogation-group. 
  2. ↑ "Lawrence Buckley ('07) appointed Director of the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group" (in en-US). 2021-02-19. https://www.iwp.edu/students-alumni/2021/02/19/lawrence-buckley-07-appointed-director-of-the-high-value-detainee-interrogation-group/. 
  3. ↑ "Eli S. Miranda Named Special Agent in Charge of the Honolulu Field Office" (in en-US). https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/eli-s-miranda-named-special-agent-in-charge-of-the-honolulu-field-office. 
  4. ↑ "George Piro Named Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Office" (in en-US). https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/george-piro-named-special-agent-in-charge-of-the-miami-field-office. 
  5. ↑ "Detainee Interrogation Chief: Waterboarding Doesn't Work" (in en-US). February 12, 2016. https://www.wgbh.org/news/2016/02/12/detainee-interrogation-chief-waterboarding-doesnt-work. 
  6. ↑ Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group". https://www.fbi.gov/about/leadership-and-structure/national-security-branch/high-value-detainee-interrogation-group. 
  7. ↑ Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 "Symposium Facilitates Exchange of Research on Lawful Interrogations: Event Sponsored by Government's High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group". FBI. 27 October 2015. https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2015/october/hig-symposium/hig-symposium. 
  8. ↑ "National Security Branch Brochure" (PDF). https://ucr.fbi.gov/nsb/national-security-branch-brochure. 
  9. ↑ Jump up to: 9.0 9.1 Kornblut, Anne E. (August 24, 2009). "Obama Approves New Team to Question Key Terror Suspects". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/23/AR2009082302598.html. 
  10. ↑ Jump up to: 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Kimberly Dozier (June 3, 2010). "WH adviser: Interrogation team questions Shahzad". Associated Press. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37225759. 
  11. ↑ Jump up to: 11.0 11.1 Hsu, Spencer S.; Agiesta, Jennifer (January 21, 2010). "Intelligence Chief says FBI was Too Hasty in Handling of Attempted Bombing". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/20/AR2010012001364.html. 
  12. ↑ Barnes, Ed (May 12, 2010). "Elite High Value Interrogation Unit Is Taking Its First Painful Steps". Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elite-high-value-interrogation-unit-is-taking-its-first-painful-steps/. 
  13. ↑ McKelvey, Tara (24 April 2013). "Boston bombings: How to interrogate a suspected terrorist". BBC News (BBC). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22227704. 
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