(AGI) - Washington, 24 August - The US president, Barack Obama, has approved the creation of a new elite 'squad' charged with the task of carrying out interrogations of individuals who are considered key figures in international terrorism. The team is to be called HIG, or 'High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group', and is to comprise experts co-opted from various intelligence agencies and police forces. According to a report in today’s 'Washington Post', which cites top-secret sources at the top of the US administration, the decree to set up the force was already signed by Obama last week as part of a larger strategy aimed at relaunching anti-terrorism policies, purifying it once and for all of the controversial practices which often degenerated to excesses which not only led to rows with human rights organisations, but embarrassed the United States before its allies, Islamic or not. This damage was incurred without even bringing the sought-for results. The newspaper highlights the significant aspect that the HIG will have its headquarters within the head office of the FBI, and that it will also be subject to scrutiny by the National Security Council: this means that the body will be removed from the control of the CIA, placing it directly under White House direction.