The field manual was sometimes known by the code fm 3452. The cryptonym kubark appears in the title of a 1963 cia document kubark counterintelligence interrogation which describes interrogation techniques, including, among other things, coercive counterintelligence interrogation of resistant sources. It builds upon existing doctrine and moves interrogation into the 21st century. Army releases new interrogation manual united states army. Jan 23, 2009 interrogations must follow army field manual along with the order to shut down the guantanamo detention camp, president obama put a stop to the cias use of extreme interrogation techniques on. However, extended interrogation techniques were adopted in iraq, even though captives. The manual gives instructions on a range of issues, such as the structure, planning and management of human intelligence operations, the debriefing of soldiers, and the analysis of known relationships and map data. Csis interrogation arm is a vehiclemounted crane system designed to investigate and remove improvised explosive devices ieds. An individual described in subparagraph b shall not be subjected to any interrogation technique or approach, or any treatment related to interrogation, that is not authorized by and listed in the army field manual 222.
If it is the latter, thats great, because acting is an important ingredient in a successful interrogation. The arm increases survivability by allowing for operation from inside mine protected vehicles and because it was designed as an independent component, can be attached to most vehicles already in theatre. The latest technologies high quality electronic pubs and forms view u. Apr 28, 2005 army is preparing to issue new interrogations manual that expressly bars harsh techniques disclosed in abu ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, and incorporates safeguards devised to prevent such.
Purchase effective interviewing and interrogation techniques 3rd edition. This question tracked interrogation approaches described in the army human intelligence collector operations field manual 25. Jan 18, 2006 effective interviewing and interrogation techniques, second edition, is completely revised and updated so as to cover all the information a student needs to know to obtain answers from a witness, a victim, or a suspect and how to interpret these answers with the utmost accuracy. Effective interviewing and interrogation techniques, second edition, is completely revised and updated so as to cover all the information a student needs to know to obtain answers from a witness, a victim, or a suspect and how to interpret these answers with the utmost accuracy. This article examines the armys interrogation policy as set forth in field manual fm 222. Interrogation tactics and effectiveness although a great deal of information is known about law enforcement interrogations, little data exists about interrogations conducted by the military or by counterterrorism agents and no meaningful research has occurred for more than thirty years.
Last years national defense authorization act had an amendment in it that specifically prohibited the use of any interrogation techniques beyond the armys field manual on interrogation. Think of the reid technique for detectives in the same way as the basic negotiation techniques used by crisis negotiators. Although the army field manual contains a number of express and implied. The manual does not authorize the use of any sere techni ues as approved intelligence interrogation techniques. Torture has been defined by article i of the torture convention as any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such. Common interrogation techniques how police interrogation. But rear admiral guter argues that it cant be the policy of the us to have more than one interrogation regime. Although the army field manual contains a number of express and implied protections to ensure that these techniques are not abused, for the reasons that follow, the committee is right to raise concerns about the continued authorization of physical separation and field expedient separation even while other enhanced interrogation techniques have. The new manual specifically prohibits many of the controversial enhanced interrogation techniques including waterboarding which brought the matter to public attention, and also stipulates that the list is not allinclusive of. As of 27 july 2007, some 542 field manuals were in use. Retired lieutenant general on trumps new options for fight. This means that mattis could potentially push the army to alter the field manual to include things like waterboarding in its list of approved interrogation techniques, thereby making all the.
The us army field manual on interrogation, sometimes known by the military nomenclature fm. The army field manual comes nowhere near the legal line of what you can do in an interrogation and therefore ties the hands of cia interrogators unnecessarily. United states army field manuals are published by the united states armys army publishing directorate. On his second day as president, barack obama ordered the agency to use the army field manual as its interrogation playbook. Army intelligence and interrogation handbook provides doctrinal guidance, techniques, and procedures governing the use of interrogators as human intelligence collection agents in support of a commanders intelligence needs. An empirical evaluation of intelligencegathering interrogation techniques from the united states army field manual article pdf available in applied cognitive psychology 286 november 2014. It outlines the interrogators role within the greater intelligence effort as well as the units daytoday. Dec, 2014 the army field manuals list contains 19 techniques. Only one of which, separation, is an overtly physical tactic. Sleep deprivation was a frequent form of enhanced interrogation, and involved keeping detainees awake for up to 180 hours, or for more than a. Mi interrogation units are a proven and valued collection asset.
The army field manuals list contains 19 techniques. Jan 26, 2009 the 384page book lays out 19 interrogation techniques permitted by law and prohibits nine categories of others, including waterboarding, used by the central intelligence agency during the bush administration, as well as forcing prisoners to be naked, as happened in the abu ghraib prisoner scandal. Army da administrative publications and forms by the army publishing directorate apd. The most recent revision was renamed field manual fm 222. This manual outlines approximately 17 techniques that have remained relatively intact for more than 50 years across successive editions and despite the fact that no one seems able. Interview and interrogation welcome to posttest interrogation. Issued by the department of the army, this manual gives instructions on the structure, planning and management of human intelligence operations, the. Enhanced interrogation techniques have been referred to as harsh interrogation methods or a form a torture by cruel and unusual punishment for decades. The manual, originally written for cold war prisoners but updated in 2006, states that no detainee, regardless of nationality or physical location, shall be subject to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or. The army field manual does allow interrogation methods such as stress positions and sleep deprivation that are cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment,according to a group of medical ethicists who wrote to the obama administration calling for changes to the manual in 20. Pdf an empirical evaluation of intelligencegathering. Sleep deprivation was a frequent form of enhanced interrogation, and involved keeping detainees awake for up to 180 hours, or for more than a week. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Revision of the manual from the previous fm 3452 intelligence interrogation followed.
Army field manual is sufficient a bill on interrogation techniques was passed on february, 2008 in the us senate, in a 51 to 45 vote, limiting the number of techniques allowed to only those interrogation techniques explicitly authorized by the 2006 army field manual. Interrogations must follow army field manual along with the order to shut down the guantanamo detention camp, president obama put a stop to. Dod directive used duplicity to hide current use of sere. These principles and techniques of interrogation are to be used within the constraints established by the following.
This manual incorporates the operational experiencesand lessons learned. In new manual, army limits tactics in interrogation the new. To this end, a field manual for the extraction of intelligence from enemy combatants and prisoners has been developed. Military interrogation of terror suspects by bolgiano. United states army field manual on interrogation wikialpha.
Although this report will discuss interrogation tactics that have been roundly. Sep 06, 2006 pentagon changes army field manual governing interrogation of prisoners this nest of american traitors is in deep, deep trouble. In this subsection, the term army field manual 222. The proponent of this publication is the us army intelligence center. He reports that once they used harsh techniques, detainees stopped. Army fm 3452, intelligence interrogation 1 is the armys standard for interrogation of captured enemy personnel. Some recent changes to army and department of defense dod interrogation policies reflect a less than intellectually rigorous approach that is neither effective nor legally sound. The armys news release stated that field manual 222. Pentagon changes army field manual governing interrogation of prisoners this nest of american traitors is in deep, deep trouble. The us army field manual on interrogation, sometimes known by the military nomenclature fm 3452, is a 177page manual describing to military interrogators how to conduct effective interrogations while conforming with us and international law. Army and cia interrogation manuals are seven controversial military training manuals which were declassified by the pentagon in 1996.
Effective interviewing and interrogation techniques 3rd edition. This article examines the army s interrogation policy as set forth in field manual fm 222. The book lays out 19 interrogation techniques permitted by law and prohibits. The numbers behind the cias interrogation report data mine. They contain detailed information and howtos for procedures important to soldiers serving in the field. Techniques and tricks to secure evidence by anonymous isbn. Interrogations must follow army field manual along with the order to shut down the guantanamo detention camp, president obama put a stop to the cias use of extreme interrogation techniques on. Jan 27, 2017 last years national defense authorization act had an amendment in it that specifically prohibited the use of any interrogation techniques beyond the army s field manual on interrogation. Army best defense guest columnist most americans do. The pentagon is now changing the 1992 army field manual rules for interrogation of prisoners, with the intent to cover this administrations criminal violations of it. Section 820 of this field manual 26 lists specific approaches that military interrogators should use when attempting to induce cooperation in an interrogation subject. This manual sets forth the basic principles of interrogation doctrine and establishes proce dures and techniques applicable to army intelligence interrogations, applies to the doctrine contained in fm 341, and follows operational procedures outlined in fm 1005.
The manuals in question have been referred to by various media sources as the torture manuals. The united states army field manual on interrogation instructs military interrogators how to conduct effective interrogations while conforming with u. Interrogation techniques revealed by the united states. Apr 28, 2009 on his second day as president, barack obama ordered the agency to use the army field manual as its interrogation playbook. I assume that if you have reached this point, youre doing just fine in the course, or you have fooled a lot of instructors. Army intelligence and interrogation handbook us army. The army s news release stated that field manual 222. Herein are the precise and regulated procedures and principles of. Effective interviewing and interrogation techniques nathan. The result is this book, the united states armys human intelligence collection playbook. In 1997, two additional cia manuals were declassified in response to a freedom of information act foia request filed by the baltimore sun. The classic interrogation manual criminal interrogation and confessions recommends a small, soundproof room with only three chairs two for detectives, one for the suspect and a desk, with. The other 18 are various forms of psychological interrogation.
It was the basis for the initial interrogation techniques used at guantanamo. Army intelligence and interrogation handbook us army survival. This manual provides doctrinal guidance, techniques, and. Army releases new interrogation manual article the united. In fact, the army field manual utilizes techniques of interrogation that many human rights and legal groups have described as torture or cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of prisoners. Army intelligence relies on the tactics of intelligence interrogation to assess and combat enemy forces, but recent events at the abu ghraib prison in iraq revealed violations of the rules of intelligence interrogation and human rights, officially codified in the u. Only properly trained interrogators are to apply the more advanced techniques discussed in this manual.
Pdf interview and interrogation methods and their effects. A civilian contractor who had spent years training u. The 384page book lays out 19 interrogation techniques permitted by law and prohibits nine categories of others, including waterboarding, used by the central intelligence agency during the bush administration, as well as forcing prisoners to be naked, as happened in the abu ghraib prisoner scandal. Pentagon changes army field manual governing interrogation of. Bbc news americas the obama approach to interrogation. Field verificationinterrogation and survival, evasion. Army intelligence and interrogation handbook provides doctrinal guidance, techniques. Interrogation is the art of questioning and examining a source to obtain the maximum amount of usable information. This is the oldest manual, and promotes the use of abusive techniques, as exemplified by two. Army is preparing to issue new interrogations manual that expressly bars harsh techniques disclosed in abu ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, and incorporates safeguards devised to prevent such.