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What is the Reid technique? If it's gonna be mentioned here, there should be a link to a page that describes what it's all about...

Contents 1 NPOV violation 2 Privatisation of Interrogation 3 Techniques 4 Intro 5 Link removal 6 Legal Protection: Miranda warning 7 Reid Technique

[edit] NPOV violation

The following appears in a section entitled "Criminal Interrogation":

"President Bush order[ed] harsh interrogations of prisoners [...] deputy judge advocate general of the Air Force, Maj. Gen. Jack L. Rives, advising the task force that several of the more extreme interrogation techniques, on their face, amount to violations of domestic criminal law as well as military law. General Rives added that many other countries were likely to disagree with the reasoning used by Justice Department lawyers about immunity from prosecution. Instead, he said, the use of many of the interrogation techniques puts the interrogators and the chain of command at risk of criminal accusations abroad. Any such crimes, he said, could be prosecuted in other nations' courts, international courts or the International Criminal Court, a body the United States does not formally participate in or recognize." [1]

FWIW, I despise what the George W. Bush administration has done to the United States human rights record, but that's entirely beside the point. I think the above info does belong somewhere, but in a more NPOV way. Is there any page summarizing US human rights controversies of the GWB years? Best might be to link there and move this info there. Cheers, PhilipR 15:50, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

I think that a subsection of an article on interrogation devoted to the interrogation techniques used in the "war on terror" is entirely appropriate, and could be expanded. I have some notes from the controversial interrogation techniques General Sanchez authorized in September 2003. I think this would be the best place to use those notes.

The only thing I agree with PhilipR about is that the section should be re-titled. I think if the title were changed from "Criminal Interrogation" to "Interrogation techniques used in the 'War on Terror'" then the paragraph in question would be fair and objective. -- Geo Swan 19:41, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

The entire thing is a quote from a respected source quoting a respected source about the topic of "is this interrogation criminal". Facts are facts. We have no obligation to whitewash quoted sources. Indeed, we have an obligation NOT TO. Quoted sources do not have to be themselves NPOV. WAS 4.250 11:16, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Privatisation of Interrogation

I think this article could use a paragraph discussing the privatisation of interrogation in the U.S. Military:

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1104-23.htm

If there are no objections, I'm glad to do it once I can find some time. mennonot 11:13, 9 November 2005 (UTC) :"The military worked as hard as it could to create a brain drain by moving qualified intelligence people into other jobs, who then quit...

From what I've read -- and I don't have sources at my fingertips -- my understanding is that after the Cold War was over, the thinking was that we no longer needed people in the field, including interpretors and case officers. On top of that, the 'polically correct' idea was that we should no longer be paying people for information who themselves have checkered pasts. The result was that many good people left the CIA for other jobs. Some became private contractors, either by themselves or for companies they created. After 9/11, there was a new push for CIA people, but years of neglect and poor management cannot be changed in a short period of time. Brian Pearson 02:34, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Techniques

Shouldn't we include an overview of the names of some techniques (e.g., the Reid technique, "Mutt and Jeff", "Verify Your Identity", etc.)? I'd think that at least giving an overview of what techniques are available and known might be of interest and use on a page like this. Any opinions on this? --Red Heron 20:47, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Intro

Interrogation is a methodolog y employed during the interview of a person, referred to as a "source", to obtain information that the source would not otherwise willingly disclose.

I believe that you can be interrogated without being tricked into giving out information you did not want to. When there is a crime, people who are believed to be innocent are questioned (interrogated) to see if they know of anything useful for the case. WordNet --Midnightcomm 04:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Sometimes deception is a helpful tool. Brian Pearson 02:14, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Link removal

I removed the link to http://tortureprotest.org/multimedia/no_more_torture; it was certainly a biased source, and there don't seem to be any links which present an alternate point of view (although if you want to add some, feel free to add this link back in).

[edit] Legal Protection: Miranda warning

Why is the Miranda warning mentioned? Isn't there distinction between capture of enemy combatants from the battlefield of other countries and domestic arrests? I think the miranda part should be taken out unless objective sources indicate that it belongs. Brian Pearson 06:22, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Since there's been no objection, I've removed the section. Brian Pearson 08:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I think this removal was a mistake, and the section should be re-instated. -- Geo Swan 19:18, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

You may be right, since the word, "interrogation" is a general term. But I would disagree if it is associated with captures of prisoners on the battlefield. I'll put it back. Brian Pearson 15:25, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

After re-reading the article, I still have the perception it is oriented towards prisoners of war. I think the article needs to be edited, somehow, maybe so it can reflect the difference between domestic arrests by FBI, and police and arrests by soldiers. Brian Pearson 15:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reid Technique

In the article, under "different methods of interrogation," there is a link to criticism of the Reid technique. However, I've carefully read the entire article explaining the technique. The criticism mentioned in that link was for interrogation which did not use the Reid technique. Brian Pearson 01:55, 7 January 2007 (UTC)