Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:, rakapiwa naBarack Obama musi waJanuary 22, 2009 (mazuva maviri pashure
Kutanga kwaObama) kwakabviswa musi waJuly 20, 2007. Yakaganhurira CIA nemamwe Masangano Anotungamirira kuti aite kubvunzurudza "zvakazara maererano nemitemo, muitiro, migariro, uye ganhuriro [Army Field Manual 2 22.3] inoraira". Vanhu vanobatanidzwa nehurumende yeU.S. vakarayirwa kuti vaigona kuvimba nebhuku racho, asi vakanga vasingagoni kuvimba ne"kutsanangurwa kupi nokupi kwomutemo unodzora kubvunzurudzwa <unk> kusanganisira kududzirwa kwemitemo yemhosva yeFederal, Convention Against Torture, Common Article 3, Army Field Manual 2 22.3, uye gwaro rayo rokutanga, Army Field Manual 34 52 rakapiwa neDhipatimendi reRuramisiro pakati paSeptember 11, 2001, naJanuary 20, 2009". Uyu murairo wakaganhurira CIA navamwe vashandi vose veU.S. kumitemo imwe cheteyo iyo mauto anoshandisa mukubvunzurudza. Newsweek yakatsanangura migumisiro yeizvi nemimwe mitemo mitatu yakapiwa nokukurumidza pashure pokugadzwa kwaObama se"Kuguma Kwokutambudza", ichidana chisarudzo chaObama chokurambidza CIA kuArmy Field Manual "chiito chake chakakura zvikuru uye chinogona kukakavadzana" pakati peizvi, uye musoro wehurukuro yomukati pakati pevabatsiri vaObama. Vamwe vakaratidza kusava nechokwadi nemitemo yacho, vachidudza kuti mumwedzi mitanhatu komisheni yemasangano, inotungamirirwa noMutongi Mukuru weUnited States, ingarumbidza "nhungamiro yokuwedzera kana kuti yakasiyana" kumasangano asiri echiuto akadai seCIA. Center for Constitutional Rights, rimwe boka rinomiririra vasungwa, rakadana komisheni yacho kuti "nzvimbo yokupukunyuka" yokudzokera kumaitiro ekare. The Wall Street Journal yakadana izvi kuti ""Jack Bauer exception"", ichitaura kuti Obama akanga achidhirowa mutsetse apo pasina chaivapo chaizvoizvo, ichidudza kuti vakuru vakuru veBush vakataura kuti vakashandisa mvura chete kurwisa vakuru vakuru vatatu veAl-Qaida muna 2003, uye vachiti mugumisiro chaiwo waiva wokuti vaibvunzurudza veCIA vakanga vachitenga inishuwarenzi yepamutemo.