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Are U.S. interrogation tactics Are U.S. interrogation tactics too tough? Are U.S. too tough? Are U.S.

interrogation tactics too lax?interrogation tactics too lax?

Direct QuestioningDirect Questioning

Description:Description: Verbal Verbal questioning of a detainee. It questioning of a detainee. It works in 95 percent of works in 95 percent of situations.situations.

Physical, Psychological, or Physical, Psychological, or Other Effects:Other Effects: None None

Locations Used:Locations Used: Iraq, Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay Bay

Legal Opinion:Legal Opinion: Considered Considered legal for all prisoners of war. legal for all prisoners of war. A prisoner who gives his A prisoner who gives his name, rank, and serial name, rank, and serial number may still be number may still be questioned under reasonable questioned under reasonable conditions.conditions.

““Fear-up” Mild & HarshFear-up” Mild & Harsh Description:Description: Dagger on Dagger on

table technique table technique Throwing objects and Throwing objects and

loud threatsloud threats Physical, Physical,

Psychological, or Psychological, or Other Effects: Other Effects: Such Such questioning may rise to questioning may rise to the level of psychological the level of psychological coercion or mental coercion or mental duress.duress.

Locations Used:Locations Used: Iraq, Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan Afghanistan

Legal Opinion:Legal Opinion: Generally acceptable up Generally acceptable up to a point. No physical to a point. No physical contact. contact.

Pride and EgoPride and Ego Description:Description: Involves Involves

flattering/tricking a flattering/tricking a detainee into talking detainee into talking about the greatness of his about the greatness of his military/terrorist org. military/terrorist org.

Physical, Physical, Psychological, or Other Psychological, or Other Effects: Effects: If it worked, If it worked, detainees may feel detainees may feel remorseful afterward. remorseful afterward.


Legal Opinion:Legal Opinion: No No problemsproblems

FutilityFutility Description:Description: resistance is resistance is

futile. The prisoner has no futile. The prisoner has no hope and must help the hope and must help the U.S. in order to be spared.U.S. in order to be spared.

Psychol. Effects: Detainees who actually Detainees who actually believe their existence to believe their existence to be futile may become be futile may become depressed/ suicidaldepressed/ suicidal


Legal Opinion:Legal Opinion: The The futility approach does not futility approach does not break the law, but can break the law, but can when prisoners are held when prisoners are held for long periodsfor long periods

"Mutt and Jeff" (aka "good "Mutt and Jeff" (aka "good cop/bad cop") cop/bad cop")

Description:Description: “Bad cop" “Bad cop" threatens/acts in a way threatens/acts in a way that creates fear/anxiety. that creates fear/anxiety. “Good cop" comes in to “Good cop" comes in to displace the bad cop, to displace the bad cop, to protect the detainee. protect the detainee.

Physical, Physical, Psychological Effects: Psychological Effects: Negligible Negligible


Legal Opinion:Legal Opinion: Rarely Rarely illegalillegal

Dietary ManipulationDietary Manipulation Descrip: Descrip: Withdrawal of Withdrawal of

hot meals in favor of an hot meals in favor of an all-MRE diet as all-MRE diet as punishment. MRE=“meal punishment. MRE=“meal ready to eat”. Also may ready to eat”. Also may alter timing of mealsalter timing of meals

Phys. or Pych. Effects: Phys. or Pych. Effects: Feeding them an MRE Feeding them an MRE diet is unlikely to harm diet is unlikely to harm them. Diet modification, them. Diet modification, could cause could cause psychological effects.psychological effects.


Legal opinion: LegalLegal opinion: Legal

Exploiting individual phobias, Exploiting individual phobias, e.g. use of dogs e.g. use of dogs

Description:Description: "increasing "increasing anxiety by use of anxiety by use of aversions." aversions."

This technique may be This technique may be followed by scare followed by scare tactics/threats. Also may tactics/threats. Also may let the dog off the leash so let the dog off the leash so it could tear into the it could tear into the detainee's flesh. The tactic detainee's flesh. The tactic can also be conducted in can also be conducted in public areas to scare other public areas to scare other detainees. detainees.

Physical, Psych. Effects: Physical, Psych. Effects: Severe emotional distress; Severe emotional distress; paranoia; physical paranoia; physical manifestations of the fear manifestations of the fear such as high heart rate, & such as high heart rate, & increased blood pressure. increased blood pressure.

Exploiting individual phobias Exploiting individual phobias cont.cont.

Locations Used:Locations Used: Iraq, Guantanamo Bay Iraq, Guantanamo Bay

Legal Opinion:Legal Opinion: Army Army intelligence doctrine intelligence doctrine does not directly does not directly speak to dog use speak to dog use because the dogs because the dogs belong to military belong to military police units. Military police units. Military police doctrine does police doctrine does not allow threatening not allow threatening use of dogs. use of dogs.

Mild, non-injurious physical contact, Mild, non-injurious physical contact, e.g. grabbing, poking, or light pushinge.g. grabbing, poking, or light pushing

Description:Description: Physical Physical contact can result in contact can result in mild injuries ex) cuts, mild injuries ex) cuts, bruises. In some cases, bruises. In some cases, it can also result in it can also result in broken or dislocated broken or dislocated limbs. limbs.

Physical, Physical, Psychological, or Psychological, or Other Effects: Other Effects: Severe Severe emotional distress; emotional distress; paranoia; high heart paranoia; high heart rate & increased blood rate & increased blood pressure pressure

Legal Opinion:Legal Opinion: Relatively permissible. Relatively permissible.

Mock executions Mock executions

Description: Detainee Detainee digs own grave or is digs own grave or is fired upon close to fired upon close to head/bodyhead/body

Physical, Psychological, or Other Effects: Severe Severe mental suffering. mental suffering.

Locations Used: Iraq Iraq Legal Opinion:

Violates LawViolates Law

"Sleep adjustment"; "Sleep "Sleep adjustment"; "Sleep deprivation" deprivation"

Description: altering the sleep cycles of detainees by reversing day and night to induce disorientation, or keeping them awake (not to exceed 4 days)

Physical, Psychological Effects: Can impair memory, learning, & other cognitive functions. Can cause memory and speech impairments.

Locations Used: Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan

Illegal

Removal of clothing; sexual Removal of clothing; sexual humiliation humiliation

Description: sexual humiliation to break down detainees

Physical, Psychological, or Other Effects: degradation

Locations Used: Iraq, Guantanamo Bay

Legal Opinion: Illegal

Religious desecration Religious desecration Description:

Jumping/burning a Jumping/burning a Koran/BibleKoran/Bible

Physical, Physical, Psychological, or Psychological, or Other Effects: Other Effects: None None

Locations Locations Allegedly Used:Allegedly Used: Afghanistan and Afghanistan and Guantanamo Guantanamo

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"Stress positions, like "Stress positions, like standing" standing"

Description:Description: Posing a Posing a detainee in a standing detainee in a standing position several hours. No position several hours. No restraints are used. restraints are used. Variations-the extension of Variations-the extension of one's arms to sideone's arms to side

Biological effects:Biological effects: producing 'excruciating pain' producing 'excruciating pain' as ankles double in size, skin as ankles double in size, skin 'tense and intensely painful,' 'tense and intensely painful,' blisters erupt oozing 'watery blisters erupt oozing 'watery serum,' heart rates soar, serum,' heart rates soar, kidneys shut down, and kidneys shut down, and delusions deepen. delusions deepen.

Locations Used:Locations Used: Iraq, Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan

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Isolation for up to 30 days Isolation for up to 30 days Description:Description:

sequestering an inmate sequestering an inmate in a cell by himself with in a cell by himself with no outside contact for no outside contact for up to 30 days up to 30 days

Psychological effects:Psychological effects: psychological harmpsychological harm


No ruling on this No ruling on this practicepractice

Deployment of the Immediate Deployment of the Immediate Reaction Force (aka "IRFings") Reaction Force (aka "IRFings")

Description:Description: military military police would rush into a police would rush into a cell to grab a detainee, cell to grab a detainee, forcibly subdue him, forcibly subdue him, bind him, and take him bind him, and take him out. out.

Severe Physical InjuriesSevere Physical Injuries Locations Used:Locations Used:

Guantanamo Bay Guantanamo Bay Legal?:Legal?: Should be used Should be used

as quick reaction force as quick reaction force not as punishersnot as punishers

Water boarding Water boarding Description: induce Description: induce

the misperception of the misperception of suffocationsuffocation

Physical, Physical, PsychologicalPsychological: Severe : Severe mental suffering; no mental suffering; no physical effects unless physical effects unless the tactic results in the tactic results in suffocation. suffocation.

Locations Used:Locations Used: Unknown secret Unknown secret locations locations

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Physical beatings Physical beatings Description:Description: beating beating

captives during captives during interrogation until they are interrogation until they are seriously injured, or in seriously injured, or in some cases, dead.some cases, dead.

Physical, Psychological, Physical, Psychological, or Other Effects: or Other Effects: Several Several physical abuse has resulted physical abuse has resulted in soft-tissue damage, in soft-tissue damage, orthopedic injuries, orthopedic injuries, neurological damage, and neurological damage, and death. death.


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