The document actively promoted the use of aggressive interrogation techniques and went so far as to make references to. Explanation of purpose this manual cannot teach anyone how to be, or become, a good interrogator. Kubark is especially vulnerable to such tactics because the interrogation is conducted for the sake of information and not for police purposes. First of all let me say that you can get this document for free by googling it in pdf format. Its a shame several parts are missing, either due to editings done by the cia themselves, deletion, or having not finished it before releasing it. Mar 07, 2016 is it really interrogation if theyre willing to give up the information. For purposes of simplicity and richness of insights, this guide is written from the perspective of u. Also featured is soviet defector anatole golitsyn, whose claims about soviet operations had a compelling influence on western counterintelligence services beginning about 1962 and until 1975. Kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual, agency uknown. This manual, the infamous kubark counterintelligence interrogation, dated july, is the source of much of the material in the second manual.
In 1963, the year in which mkultra ended, the cia compiled all the research into a torture manual called the kubark counterintelligence interrogation handbook. The kubark manual of counterintelligence interrogation by. Enhanced interrogation techniques and the risk of criminality. In facl, the relief granted the subject at this tiine fits neatly into the interrogation plan. Counterintelligence theory and practice provides all of the elements required for a successful counterintelligence operation from both an academic and a practitioners point of view. The aim of the alice in wonderland or confusion technique is to confound the expectations and conditioned reactions of the interrogatee.
This 128page report, classified secret, was drafted in july 1963 as a comprehensive guide for training interrogators in the art of obtaining intelligence from resistant sources. Army and cia interrogation manuals are seven controversial military training manuals. The center seeks to promote study, debate, and understanding of the role of intelligence in the american system of government. Kubark counterintelligence interrogation, il manuale sulle.
Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Cia kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual, human resource exploitation training manual, art and. The first manual, kubark counterintelligence interrogation, dated july 1963. It was, as alfred mccoy puts it, the codification of everything the cia had learned from its experiments throughout the 50s. There is indeed interrogation manual cia a torture manual and the cia literally wrote it. This report, classified secret, was drafted in july 1963 as a comprehensive guide for training interrogators in the art of obtaining intelligence from resistant sources. Kubark 1963 counterintelligence interrogation manual. At best it can help readers to avoid the characteristic mistakes of poor interrogators. Interrogation is the humint subdisciplineresponsible for mi exploitation of enemy personnel and documents to answer the supported specificinformation requirements sir. The study focuses mainly on books about the american, british, and. The cold war kubark files updated 2014 release, fullsize edition, newly indexed with glossary carlile intelligence library agency, central intelligence, media, carlile, media, carlile on. It was released under the name kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual and i believe it should stay that way.
Kubark counterintelligence interrogation july 1963. Pdf kubark counterintelligence interrogation national security. Techniques of noncoercive interrogation o rc sistant sources. The book has some interesting information, specially on the latter part it started kinda slow and boring for me.
It was released under the name kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual and. Kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual pdf. Counterintelligence theory and practice prunckun, hank. Observations of an interrogator lessons learned and avenues for further research chapter pdf available december 2006 with 4,626 reads.
Kubark ci interrogations are designed, almost invariably, to yield information about foreign intelligence and security services or communist organizations. There is indeed a torture manual and the cia literally wrote it. These sir responses, along with those of other mi disciplines, are correlated to satisfy the. The manual contains detailed instructions on interrogating people who may have vital information, such as captured operatives. The remarkable story of one mans journey from brain trauma to artistic triumph free press. The senate intelligence committee report on torture. Kubark counterintelligence interrogation handbook eassurvey. He is accustomed to a world that makes some sense, at least to him. Kubark was itself declassified and released to the baltimore sun, subsequent to their foia request, in 1996. Central intelligence agency cryptonym for the cia itself.
Its purpose is to provide guidelines for kubark interrogation, and particularly the counterintelligence interrogation of resistant sources. Counterintelligence interrogation central intelligence agency the cias oneandonly official interrogation manual was published in 1963 and has recently been made available online. Cia kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual, human resource exploitation due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Dec 12, 2014 the kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual was produced by the agency to train civilian and military intelligence officers in what the cia called coercive counterintelligence interrogation of resistant sources.
Cia kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual, human resource exploitation training manual, art and science of interrogation by progressive management available from rakuten kobo. To use kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual pdf for mac, you need to create an apple iigs rom image by. Jan 06, 2014 this is a request under the freedom of information act. B cia, kubark counterintelligence interrogation, july 1963 released january 1997 part 1 pp. Pdf a careful reading of the kubark manual is essential for anyone involved in interrogation, if perhaps for no other reason than to uncover a definition of. Read ebook the cia document of human manipulation kubark. In 1963 a cia program known as kubark created the manual of counter intelligence interrogation for dissemination to its operatives. In 1963, the agency created the kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual. Kubark counterintelligence interrogation the national security. Cia, kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual kubark a cia codename for itselfdescribes the qualifications of a successful. Rk counterintelligence interrogation table of contents pages 1. Kubark the coercive counterintelligence interrogation of. To use kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual pdf for mac, you need to create an apple iigs rom image by extracting it from the actual hardware. Interrogation, informally known as the kubark manual.
In response to the threat of a lawsuit by the baltimore sun,the cia declassified the above manuals in january 1997 the second is based on the first. Other nation states have different counterintelligence practices. Pdf a careful reading of the kubark manual is essential for anyone involved in anticipating modernday interrogation guides such as cias kubark. Major documents in the history of american intelligence inter. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. May 12, 2004 b cia, kubark counterintelligence interrogation, july 1963 released january 1997 part 1 pp. The waterboarding and other tortures that are a shocking revelation to americans today, were sop standard operating procedure in puerto rico for. The nook book ebook of the essential guide to interrogation and torture. It offers an advanced understanding of the underlying theory that supports the art and science of the craft, and examines the challenges and practicalities of.
Mdr for full text of july 1963 kubark counterintelligence. Counterintelligence, in the oxford handbook of national security intelligence, loch johnson, ed. The kubark manual for cia interrogation and torture war. Counterintelligence ci staff, about the threat posed by soviet intelligence operations. The 10 commandments of counterintelligence by james m. Olson this article appeared in studies of intelligence, unclassified edition, fallwinter 2001, no. Cia declassifies new portions of cold warera interrogation. Kubark counterintelligence interrogation wikisource, the. Counterintelligence interrogation manual 1963 declassified by the pentagon in 1996 and released to the national security archives nsa because of the baltimore sun news organizations invocation of the freedom of information act foia. It was, the cia released a new version its kubark interrogation torture manual which contains new revelations that extend our knowledge of cia interrogation activities, two additional cia manuals were declassified in response to a freedom of information act foia request filed by the baltimore sun. Central intelligence agency, kubark counterintelligence interrogation manual 1963 human resource exploitation training manual1983. Cia, kubark counterintelligence interrogation, july 1963 part 1 pp.
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