Barack Obama Policy On Torture Difficult To Roll Back: White House

WASHINGTON: In the wake of growing public debate over CIA's detention and interrogation programme, it would be difficult for future American leadership to roll back the policy on torture enforced by U.S President Barack Obama, the White House has said.

"I do think that by being so transparent and encouraging and fostering this kind of public debate it will be very difficult if any future commander-in-chief chose to do so to try to roll back this ban that the president's put in place on torture.

"I think that will be very, very difficult for any future president to do," the White House Press Secretary, Josh Earnest, told reporters here.

At the same time he conceded that there is no guarantee about what a future commander-in-chief may decide.

"But I think the precedent that's been set here, and the public debate that's been set here, makes very clear about the commitment of the people of this country and the government of this country to uphold the values that we hold quite dear, not just because that's the right thing to do, but also because we believe that makes us safer," Earnest said.

Meanwhile the U.S continued with its outreach with other countries after the release of the CIA report on torture.

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