Obama administration delays reports on terrorist detention, interrogation

Obama administration delays terror policy reports

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is pushing back its own deadline for devising new anti-terrorism policies.

The decision had been expected, as presidentially-appointed task forces have failed to meet a six-month schedule for making policy recommendations on how terror suspects should be interrogated, held in custody or handed over to other countries.

Senior administration officials said Monday that the report on detention will be delayed six months and the report on interrogation and transfer policy will be delayed two months.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue on the record.