Editing KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation Review: Observations of an Interrogator (section)

== Abstract ==
A careful reading of the [[KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation|KUBARK manual]] is essential for anyone involved in interrogation, if perhaps for no other reason than to uncover a definition of interrogation that accurately captures the fundamental nature of interroga- tion while also concretely establishing what it is not (i.e., a game between two people to be won or lost). A major stumbling block to the study of inter- rogation, and especially to the conduct of interrogation in field operations, has been the all-too-common misunderstanding of the nature and scope of the discipline. Most observers, even those within professional circles, have unfortunately been influenced by the media’s colorful (and artificial) view of interrogation as almost always involving hostility and the employment of force – be it physical or psychological – by the interrogator against the hap- less, often slow-witted subject. This false assumption is belied by historic trends that show the majority of sources (some estimates range as high as 90 percent) have provided meaningful answers to pertinent questions in re- sponse to direct questioning (i.e., questions posed in an essentially adminis- trative manner rather than in concert with an orchestrated approach designed to weaken the source’s resistance).