Interrogation Exhibit Supplements
Want to know more about interrogation? Here are reports, studies, and other documents related to interrogation topics covered in the Museum’s exhibit.
HISTORIC VIEWS ON INTERROGATION METHODS
George Washington
Japanese Methods of Prisoner of War Interrogation, WWII
Project MKULTRA
PSYCHOLOGICAL COERCION
Sensory Deprivation and Overload
KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation, CIA, July 1963
This CIA report was written as a comprehensive guide for training interrogators in the art of obtaining intelligence from “resistant sources.”
Studies on Sensory Overload IV
DETECTING DECEPTION
How Reliable are Polygraphs?
The Polygraph and Lie Detection, National Academy of Sciences
RULES AND LAWS REGARDING TORTURE
REPORTS FROM THE HIGH-VALUE DETAINEE INTERROGATION GROUP (HIG)
The High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) is a three-agency entity—FBI, CIA, and Department of Defense—established in 2009 that brings together intelligence professionals to conduct interrogations that strengthen national security and are consistent with the rule of law. The HIG studies the effectiveness of interrogation approaches and techniques. HIG researchers identify and test existing techniques and develop lawful, new techniques that may be more effective.
THE “ENHANCED INTERROGATION” PROGRAM
REPORT of the SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE STUDY of the CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY’S DETENTION AND INTERROGATION PROGRAM together with FOREWORD BY CHAIRMAN FEINSTEIN and ADDITIONAL AND MINORITY VIEWS, December 9, 2014.
CIA’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Reading Room
Key Legal Documents
Deputy Attorney General John C. Yoo and Special Counsel Robert J. Delahunty to Department of Defense General Counsel William J Haynes II, “Application on Treaties and Laws to al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees,” January 9, 2002
Transcripts of Guantanamo Bay prisoners
Transcripts of testimony from detainees who were subjected to various forms of coercive interrogation practices.