The FBI and a number of other federal agencies will soon begin recording interviews with suspects in custody under a new directive from the Justice Department. FBI agents have previously been banned from making such recordings without approval. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the shift on Thursday.

Eric Holder: “Creating an electronic record will ensure that we have an objective account of key investigations and interactions with people who are held in federal custody. It will allow us to document that detained individuals are afforded their constitutionally protected rights.”