10Oct/19

Interrogation of Enemy Airmen – Part 1

October 10, 2019Prisoner InterrogationThe Donovan Institute

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

09Oct/19

Interrogation of Enemy Airmen – Part 2

October 9, 2019Prisoner InterrogationThe Donovan Institute

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

08Oct/19

Critical Thinking made easy — with advice from the U.S. Founding Fathers

October 8, 2019Inform YourselfThe Donovan Institute

“Both [P. T.] Barnum and H. L. Mencken are said to have made the depressing observation that no one ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the American public. The remark

08Oct/19

Interrogation of Enemy Airmen – Part 3

October 8, 2019Prisoner InterrogationThe Donovan Institute

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

07Oct/19

Interrogation of Enemy Airmen – Part 4

October 7, 2019Prisoner InterrogationThe Donovan Institute

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

06Oct/19