DONOVAN INSTITUTE: Why Harsh Interrogation techniques are extremely unreliable (Pending) U.S. GOVERNMENT REPORTS AND LINKS: MISCELLANEOUS: The following news articles and subject essays include the perspectives of individuals either previously or currently associated

Are government training films boring? I’ve suffered through watching a few of them, trying to watch when I wasn’t yawning.  But there are some nice exceptions.  And like a fine wine, the

We continue reviewing the World War II-era training film, Interrogation of Enemy Airmen.   The scene shifts to an office where an Air Interrogation Officer (AIO), Captain Schwartz, receives word that a German

The German Sergeant walks into the sparsely furnished interrogation room.  Inside, Captain Schwartz is seated behind a desk.  The Sergeant snaps to attention, renders a Nazi salute and shouts, “Heil Hitler!”  That

Sitting alone in the interrogation room awaiting Lieutenant Wedler, Captain Schwartz pins some pilot wings insignia to his own uniform.  The insignia makes Schwartz look like a pilot — one more little advantage

Our review continues of the U.S. Government training film Interrogation of Enemy Airmen. In 1942 and 1943, the Western Allies fought the forces of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in North Africa.  The

“The Japanese soldier is swaggering, self-confident, fanatically devoted to duty, and eager to achieve an honored place among Japan’s heroes.  Being a prisoner is the worst possible disgrace that can befall him. 

When someone is an obvious interrogator asking questions, that technique is called the direct approach. You might assume that this is the only form of interrogation there is, aside from torture. That is