Educing Information: Interrogation - National Intelligence University

McCoy, A. W. (2005). “Cruel Science: CIA Torture and U.S. Foreign Policy.”
New England Journal of Public Policy 19 (2), 209–262.
http://www.mccormack.umb.edu/nejpp/articles/19_2/CruelScience.pdf
[Accessed 5/8/2006]
This lengthy essay provides a history of the CIA’s psychological
interrogation methods over the past fifty years from secret research into
coercion and human consciousness in the 1950s and 1960s to renewed
interest in CIA techniques after September 11. It surveys the MKUltra
project, CIA’s mind-control research program, profiling major efforts
and researchers. It includes case studies of the dissemination of CIA
methods to Uruguay, Iran, and the Philippines. Finally, it examines
the record of the Bush administration and recent U.S. policy on harsh
interrogation.
McGuffin, J. (1981). The Guineapigs. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Minuteman Press.
http://www.irishresistancebooks.com/guineapigs/guineapigs.htm.
Accessed 5/8/2006.
This book documents the British Army’s use of sensory deprivation
torture on fourteen Irish political prisoners in 1971. First published
in 1974, this book sold out on its first print run and was then abruptly
taken off the market following pressure from the British Government.
The updated 1984 second edition is now out of print and available
online only.
Merton, V., and Kinscherff, R. (1981). The Court-Martial of Bobby Garwood:
Coercive Persuasion and the “Culpable Mind.” Garrison, NY: Hastings
Center Report, 5-8.
This article examines the court martial of Bobby Garwood, a POW who
collaborated with the Vietnamese after indoctrination. Merton addresses
learned helplessness and the victim’s identification with the aggressor
and poses the question whether coercive persuasion is a valid defense.
Piper Jr, A. (1993). “‘Truth Serum’ and ‘Recovered Memories’ of Sexual Abuse:
A Review of the Evidence.” Journal of Psychiatry and Law 21 (4),
447–471.
This article outlines the amytal interview process and reviews the
literature on the accuracy of information obtained while a subject is
sedated with amytal. Studies reveal the following weaknesses in the use
of amytal as an interview tool: increased patient suggestibility; ability
to lie during sedation; possibility of induced hypnosis; and disturbances
in mental process that can result in unreliable information.
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