Contains a history of the origin and activation of the Interrogation Branch, Interrogation Centers, techniques of interrogation, selection of interrogees, process and interrogation reports, and equipment used.
This essay explains and describes the use of torture and excessive interrogating techniques in an attempt to gain actionable intelligence during war-fighting activities. Torture and excessive interrogation are contrary to the “Geneva...
This study investigates Interrogation of Prisoner of War (IPW) operations by analyzing selected elements of U.S. Army and German Army IPW experiences from World War II, and by comparing these historical practices to current U.S. Army AirLand Battle...
The ethical dilemma facing Soldiers on the battlefield today is whether to assimilate to our enemy and use torture while interrogating detainees and enemy combatants. The fact that we’re fighting an unconventional war has made this dilemma more...
The ethical dilemma facing Soldiers on the battlefield today is whether to assimilate to our enemy and use torture while interrogating detainees and enemy combatants. The fact that we’re fighting an unconventional war has made this dilemma more...
This postwar Intelligence bulletin purpose is to furnish intelligence on foreign military forces to the junior officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army. Subjects include weapons, strategy, and tactics. Sep 1944-Aug 1945 are in this section.
Influenced by hundreds of years of war in which each conflict introduced some tactic or technology more powerful and terrifying than the last, in the 20th Century, the “civilized” nations of the world united to give war a set of humane rules by...
This graphic survey of radio and radar equipment used by the Army Air Forces is intended to furnish authorized personnel with graphic and narrative data relative to description, electrical and physical characteristics, purpose, and tactical...
This handbook was designed as a guide and reference for combat air intelligence officers. Chapters include: staff doctrines and functions; functions of the intelligence section; office organization and administration; knowledge of the enemy;...
Interrogations are a critical method for the United States of America to identify and develop intelligence on an asymmetric battlefield. The ability to gathering information that allows other elements within the military to conduct surgical attacks...
Intelligence oversight continues to challenge our nation and Army as we wage the Global War on Terrorism. Military personnel from all services perform numerous information gathering duties and their techniques, tactics, and procedures continually...
America’s ethics are being questioned as the Global War on Terror brings a whole new approach to how the U.S. fights an elusive adversary. The U.S. faces a moral challenge in its conduct of the war and legal conflicts at home. The values that...
In early 1954, guerrillas of the FLN attacked government-related targets and French military installations in Algeria. Their ability to attack and then blend in with the population represented a big challenge for conventional forces. Unclear...
Abstract: Gathering actionable intelligence involves various techniques of questioning that saves countless lives and assists in mission success. Military units throughout history used interrogation as a way to gather actionable intelligence about...
Foreign language proficiency and cultural understanding are and will remain critical skills for United States Army personnel. The Department of Defense (DoD) has recognized the importance of foreign language skills to national security. Future...
This manual provides doctrinal guidance, techniques, and procedures governing employment of interrogators as human intelligence (HUMINT) collection assets in support of the commander's intelligence needs. It outlines the interrogator's role within...
Leaders of today's Army are faced with ethical problems on what seems a constant basis. A specific problem facing our Army deals with the War on Terrorism and society's judgment of ethical decisions made by military leaders. One such case is made...
This paper explores the problematic decision by the US Government to condone the use of various methods of physical and psychological torture when interrogating prisoners captured since the beginning of the Global War on Terror (GWOT)....
In every war the military faces many challenges and one of these challenges is doing the right thing from an ethical point of view. In Iraq these ethical challenges manifested themselves in many ways such as prisoner treatment, protection of...
The US Army's experience with detainee operations spans the period from the Revolutionary War to the present. More to the point, over the past 60 years a body of international law and military regulations, the joint and Army doctrine derived from...