Editing Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual/Introduction (section)

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; T IS N0 MORE THAN OBTAINING NEEDED — ION FROM 

' subjects. these hay be prisoners oe war. defectors. 
r Efu gees. illegal immigrants, agents or suspected 
in t E lligence AGENTS ATTEMPTING to operate in v^r 

COUNTRY , 

„ UA<S nprotlE CONTROVERSIAL 

B the ART OF -questioning- has becom 
IN NANY PARTS of THE WORLD. THIS is BECAUSE IN 
COUNTRIES, THE TERM -QUESTIONING" HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED 
wtTH THE USE OP TORTURE TO OBTAIN ,NPOR«ATION. 

£VE RY MANUAL I HAVE READ ON "QUESTIONING"* STATES THAT. 

itrrT UNDER TORTURE IS 

INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM A SU 

uri i c A Y WHATEVER. HE 

hot reliable, that the subject lull -a 
thinks you want to HEAR JUST TO. AVI 

PUNISHMENT , 

' nrnc THE FRENCH ARMY USED 

_ T UC aaTTLE OF ALGIERS, ' 

OURING THE BATTLt ur . 

' torture TO neutralise a terrorist group within 
matter oe months, unfortunately, along with the 
hundreds oe terrorists that were arrested and 
-tortured, so WERE hundreds op innocent civilians. 

SOCIETY SIMPLY WILL NOT CONDONE THIS. 

C. THE ROUTINE USE OF TORTURE LOWERS THE MORAL 
CALIBER OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT USES IT AND CORRUPTS 
THOSE THAT RELY ON IT AS THE QUICK AND EASY WAY OUT. .. 
WE STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THIS APPROACH AND INSTEAD 
EMPHASIZE THE USE -OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES DESIGNED 
TO PERSUADE THE SUBJECT TO WANT TO FURNISH US WITH THE • 
INFORMATION WE DESIRE. 

D. SUCCESSFUL “QUESTIONING" IS BASED UPON A 
KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AND UPON THE USE OF' 
PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES WHICH ARE NOT DIFFICULT TO 
UNDERSTAND. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING TWO TYPES OF 
TECHNIQUES, COERCIVE AND NON-COERCI VE. WHILE WE SS 

P £PLOrf?£. 

THE USE OF COERCIVE TECHNIQUES, WE DO WANT. 

so NAY /hVo<i> 

TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THEM AND-THEWT^QPEfTH^A^P-TS^USE 


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E. PSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE CONDUCTED, CONSIDERABLE 
RESEARCH IN MANY AREAS THAT ARE CLOSELY RELATED .TO 
COERCIVE “QUESTIONING". DURING THIS COURSE WE yiLL 
DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS AS THEY RELATE TO 
"QUESTIONING": 

1 ■ REACTIONS. TO PAIN AND FEAR. 

2. THE EFFECTS OF DEBILITY AND ISOLATION. 

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