So Many Parallels to an earlier times

I find this to be a very scary idea. Interrogators in the White House. This is from the Washington Post, a usually pretty liberal paper. Where is this going?

New Unit to Question Key Terror Suspects Move Shifts Interrogation Oversight From the CIA to the White House
by Anne E. Kornblut

President Obama has approved the creation of an elite team of interrogators to question key terrorism suspects, part of a broader effort to revamp U.S. policy on detention and interrogation, senior administration officials said Sunday.

Obama signed off late last week on the unit, named the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, or HIG. Made up of experts from several intelligence and law enforcement agencies, the interrogation unit will be housed at the FBI but will be overseen by the National Security Council -- shifting the center of gravity away from the CIA and giving the White House direct oversight.

Read it all in the Washington Post.