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Educing Information: Interrogation - National Intelligence University

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Operation ENDURING FREEDOM Languages<br />

Central Asian Languages<br />

• Afghanistan<br />

−Dari, Pashto, Tajik, Uzbek<br />

• Uzbekistan<br />

−Uzbek<br />

• Turkmenistan<br />

−Turkmen<br />

• Pakistan<br />

−Pashto, Urdu, Baluchi<br />

• India<br />

−Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi<br />

Southeast Asian Languages<br />

• Philippines<br />

−Tagalog, Tausug, Cebuano, Illocano<br />

• Indonesia<br />

−Indonesian/Javanese<br />

• Malaysia<br />

−Malay<br />

Source: Clifford Porter, Asymmetrical Warfare, Transformation, and Foreign<br />

Language Capability (Ft. Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command and<br />

General Staff College, Combat Studies Institute, March 2002), 4-6. URL:<br />

http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/download/csipubs/porter.pdf.<br />

As the effort to create the next generation of EI professionals moves forward,<br />

decisionmakers must carefully address the following fundamental questions:<br />

• Is it feasible to build a cadre of highly capable interrogators who also<br />

command near-native fluency in the required languages<br />

• How prepared are military and civilian government personnel systems<br />

to train an interrogator in operational methodology, and also in a<br />

language that has no immediate operational requirement<br />

• Is it possible to develop a recognized and sufficiently compensated<br />

career field for professional interpreters who have been specifically<br />

trained to support interrogation operations<br />

Clifford Porter, Command Historian at the Defense Language Institute, begins<br />

to address these questions as he examines options available for the U.S. military<br />

to acquire and employ foreign language capabilities. On the basis of his extensive<br />

experience in developing and managing Defense Department foreign language<br />

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