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throughout all that literature because the basics of
5 how this kind of intense influence -- intense
6 influence systems were developed start with the
7 utilization of police interrogation tactics
8 specifically.
9 Q What police interrogation tactics have you
10 referred to specifically?
11 A Well, here, they have to do with the tactics
12 used by the Soviet police prior to the revolution,
13 which were then adopted by the Soviets after the
14 revolution and became the basis out of which KGB
15 interrogation tactics arose.
16 Q Now, when you began to study specifically
17 American police interrogation tactics or techniques,
18 what, in fact, specifically, did you study?
19 A Initially, I had been involved in several
20 instances in which individuals were interrogated by
21 private investigators and had given false
22 confessions in response to the private
23 interrogation, private interrogator tactics, which
24 were, nevertheless, police interrogation tactics
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1 except used by private individuals, private security
2 people.
3 Q How, in fact, did you examine or analyze
4 these private investigator tactics?
5 A I was contacted by attorneys who were