Enhanced interrogation techniques and the risk of physicians for. Timeline of american psychological association policies. Often filled with jargon, abbreviations, and directions that require a doctor to understand, software manuals are sometimes written from a developers point of view rather than a user. Torture report contributed by wilson andrews the new york times p. If the kubark manual is the culmination of years of experimentation in the field of torture, then the 1983 manual is the result of 20 years of tweaking the kubarks contents. Note also that other pages can redirect or disambiguate here so people searching for torture manuals will find this page regardless of the main title. Armed forces at black sites around the world, including bagram, guantanamo bay, and abu ghraib, authorized by. Cia training manual pdf major documents in the history of american intelligence interrogation are included in this unique ebook compilation, including two famous manuals, the cia kubark manual from 1963 and the 1983 human resource exploitation training manual with all of the handwritten notes and changes included. Material from cia and army manuals written in the 1950s and 1960s was incorporated into these seven spanish.
In 1963, the agency created the kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual. Human resource exploitation manual cia the black vault. Cia kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual, human resource exploitation training manual, art and. Dec 11, 2014 the new ssci report on the cia interrogation torture program reveals that james mitchell came to the abu zubaydah interrogation from contract work at cia s office of technical services ots. Cia assassin and torture manual s back assassinations back torture. Government, tasked with gathering, processing and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence humint. The manuals advise that torture techniques can backfire and that the threat of pain is often more effective than pain itself. Declassified army and cia manuals latin america working group. Apa letter to president barack obama pdf, 88kb apa letter to cia director leon panetta pdf, 97kb apa letter to attorney general eric holder pdf, 91kb may 28, 2009. Declassified army and cia manuals lisa haugaard archivo chile.
Ssci report reveals cia torture program originated in same. The documents that emerged clearly demonstrated that the cia had trained and cooperated with honduran intelligence forces, while turning a blind eye to the commission of torture, extrajudicial killings and other severe human rights violations. Army and cia interrogation manuals are seven controversial military training manuals which were declassified by the pentagon in 1996. Jan 27, 1997 the 1983 manual was altered between 1984 and early 1985 to discourage torture after a furor was raised in congress and the press about cia training techniques being used in central america. Jan 19, 2019 according to ssci, the person chosen in late 2002 to be the cia s chief of interrogations in the cia s renditions group, the officer in charge of cia interrogations had been elevated to his post despite having earlier been accused of inappropriate use of torture techniques drawn from the mkultrainspired 1983 human resources manual. May 12, 2004 the two cia manuals, human resource exploitation training manual 1983 and kubark counterintelligence interrogationjuly 1963, were originally obtained under the freedom of information act by the baltimore sun in 1997 the cia released a less censored version of the kubark document in february 2014, following a foia request by jeffrey kaye. In 1997, two additional cia manuals were declassified in response to a freedom of information act foia request filed by the baltimore sun. An excerpt from this assassination manual appears on the oped page of the new york times on saturday, may 31, 1997. Cia interrogations chief was involved cia kubarktortire latin american torture camps. Bush administration, central intelligence agency, enhanced interrogation techniques, extreme. Federation of american scientists science for a safer.
As alfred mccoy puts it, it was the codification of everything the cia had learned from its experiments in the 50s. It outlines the interrogators role within the intelligence collection effort and the supported units daytodayoperations. Some of these techniques fall under the category known as white torture. Torture at abu ghraib followed cia s manual in the boston globe may 14, 2004 alfred w mccoy. Army and cia interrogation manuals military wiki fandom. This manual provides doctrinal guidance, techniques, and procedures governing employment of interrogators as human intelligence humint collection assets in support of the commanders intelligenceneeds. The manuals in question have been referred to by various media sources as the torture manuals. Sep 08, 2019 the cia wrote a torture manual more than 50 years ago, and then gave it to latin american dictators. There is indeed a torture manual and the cia literally wrote it. The 1983 cia training manual allocates considerable space to the subject of coercive questioning and psychological and physical techniques and recommends. I still think that army and cia training manuals declassified 19967 is neutral and not ambiguous.
Manuals kubark counterintelligence interrogation this 127page report, classified secret, was drafted in july 1963 as a comprehensive guide for training interrogators in the art of obtaining intelligence from resistant sources. The cia and fbi are behind most, if not all terrorism. Declassified documents now reveal there were two cia torture. The cia wrote a torture manual more than 50 years ago, and. Declassified documents now reveal there were two cia. These principles and techniques of interrogation are to be used within the constraints established. Jul, 2017 this manual explains how to carry out what the c. Cia human resource exploitation training manual 1983 aka honduras manual a1g11 torture. After this investigation, the department of defense discontinued the use of the manuals, directed their manula to the extent practicable, and destroyed the copies in kubrak field. The second manual, kubark counterintelligence interrogation, dated.
Swindlers and fabricators are usually interrogated for prophylactic reasons, not for counterintelligence information. The cia didnt just torture, it experimented on human beings reframing the cia s interrogation techniques. Army and cia interrogation manuals are seven controversial military training manuals. Jan 18, 2015 this cia interrogation manual, human resource exploitation training manual 1983 is an updated version of kubark manual 1963 incorporating sections of kubark. Cia training manual, kubark counterintelligence interrogation.
Later portions of this manuxl explore this topic in more detail. Declassified army and cia manuals used in latin america. Armed forces at black sites around the world, including bagram, guantanamo bay, and abu ghraib. Declassified army and cia manuals latin america working. At best it can help readers to avoid the charactt risiic miatake s of poor interrogator s4 ito purpose io to provide guidelines for kubark interrogation, and particularly the cou. In 1963, the agency established kubarks counterinsive interrogation manual. The cias use of its enhanced interrogation techniques was not an effective means of. Mdr for full text of july 1963 kubark counterintelligence. An analysis of their content on september 20, 1996, the pentagon released to the public seven training manuals prepared by the u. Mar 05, 2008 this was human resource exploitation manual 1983. Kubarka cia codename for itselfdescribes the qualifications of a successful interrogator. Sep 30, 2020 the release of these manuals proved what soa watch, thousands of latin americans and numerous human rights organizations had been saying for years. Amnesty international usa human rights organization. It was, as alfred mccoy puts it, the codification of everything the cia had learned from its experiments throughout the 50s.
See some of the most unbelievable pages from the cold warera cia torture manual known as the kubark handbook. Jul 28, 2015 the release of the senate select committee on intelligence ssci executive summary pdf to their report, committee study of the central intelligence agencys detention and interrogation program, has rightly gotten a wide amount of press coverage. This manual is intended for use by interrogators as well as commanders, staff officers, and. The kubark manual was written by the cia in the s as a means of standardizing interrogation techniques. The cia books reports and manuals collection concen. The waterboarding and other tortures that are a shocking revelation to americans today, were sop standard operating procedure in puerto rico for.
Mar 05, 2008 there is indeed a torture manual and the cia literally wrote it. The cia books reports and manuals collection the central intelligence agency cia is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the u. In service of carrying out these interrogations, the c. Cia psychological operations in guerrilla warfare a tactical manual for the revolutionary. Enhanced interrogation techniques or enhanced interrogation is a euphemism for the program of systematic torture of detainees by the central intelligence agency cia, the defense intelligence agency dia and various components of the u. As a result, the guide can make assumptions about the readers skill level that are often. Read paper torture at abu ghraib followed cia s manual in the boston globe may 14, 2004 download torture at abu ghraib followed cia s manual in the boston globe may 14, 2004. First published by the central intelligence agency and distributed to the contras in central america. The cia fiercely resisted releasing the material, but in 1997, it relented under pressure. Pdf torture at abu ghraib followed cias manual in the. Enhanced interrogation techniques amnesty international usa. Cia torture, interrogation, coercive techniques manuals.
February 2016 enhanced interrogation explained the cia s detention and interrogation program allowed the use of socalled enhanced interrogation. The sheer brutality of the programs use of torture is overwhelming, from the use of forced enemas on detainees. Legal defensefor using techniques considered torture. Enhanced interrogation techniques or enhanced interrogation is a euphemism for the. Federation of american scientists science for a safer, more. Apr 10, 2014 in march 2014, the cia released a new version its 1963 kubark interrogation torture manual which contains new revelations that extend our knowledge of cia interrogation activities.
In addition, the cia set very specific standards for such things as fluid and. Torture was taught by cia declassified manual details the. On pages 9091 it states, the threat to inflict pain, for example, can trigger fears more damaging than the immediate sensation of pain whereas the materialization of the fear, the infliction of some form of punishment, is likely to come as a. The kind and intensity of anticipated resistance is estimated. Read more about the cia s torture manual version 2. Some material in this collection was not declassified until december 2017. Cia kubarktorhure, unless it is considered that the prospective interrogatee is cooperative and will remain so indefinitely, the first step in planning an interrogation is to determine how long the source can be held. No defense to torture under the apa ethics code pdf, 23kb june 4, 2009. Indeed, there is a torture manual, and the cia literally wrote it. The manuals in question have been referred to as the torture manuals by many us media sources. Notably the cia considered the threat of pain is more prudent than the act of torture itself. Mar 16, 2020 the cia s torture manual in its entirety, part i stuff you should know the number of systems devised for categorizing human beings kuvark large, and most of them are of dubious validity.
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