He decided to write a book about it and has spent the past year and a half trying to get his story out. I want to call this book incredible but im afraid that word choice might lend the wrong connotation, as it could hardly get more credible. Former cia officers teach you how to persuade anyone to tell all philip. Former cia interrogator forced to resign from college post. Get the truth, a new book by three former cia officers, explains how to. Cia interrogation tactics you can use at home chicago.
A former military interrogator unearths the errors and fear. Army and interrogation during operation iraqi freedom, may. The interrogator is the story of carles most serious assignment, when he was surged to become an interrogator in the u. Twisted logic and the new book by the cia spy who destroyed. His book on the central intelligence agencys interrogation program. Dec 28, 2016 we speak to former cia analyst john nixon, author of the new book, debriefing the president.
Public embracing war torture, excia interrogator says it. A former cia interrogator on death, torture and the dark side by jeff stein and adam zagorin on 100715 at 6. Jun 10, 2016 fbi gets an unexpected lesson from a former interrogator for the nazis. A conversation with former cia interrogator james mitchell book forum.
It is a cathartic effort that recounts an intensely emotional journey. Written by the former cia operative who interrogated pacha wazir, the man the cia rendered in 2002 for allegedly being bin ladens banker, this book chronicles the journey of a deeply committed, patriotic man who slowly comes to realize that his beloved agency has rendered a largely innocent man, refuses to acknowledge or correct its mistake. Despite the continued outcry in the united states over torture, especially waterboarding, a new international poll of those in war torn nations shows growing. Jun, 2011 i want to call this book incredible but im afraid that word choice might lend the wrong connotation, as it could hardly get more credible. Then, in a dramatic twist, headquarters spirited the detainee and carle to the cia s harshest interrogation facility, a place of darkness and fear, which even cia officers only dared mention in whispers. Sep 09, 2015 former cia leaders release book defending brutal tactics ken dilanian september 9, 2015 gmt the book, titled rebuttal, takes aim at the senate intelligence committee report released last year that revealed gruesome details of the oncesecret cia program while portraying it as ineffective, incompetently run, and rife with misrepresentations. Former cia agent reveals secret prison torture details. Fbi gets an unexpected lesson from a former interrogator for. His interrogator, a longserving cia agent named glenn carle, thinks the man is far from a terrorist mastermind, but a bewildered halfwit. Former cia officials release book defending agency interrogations.
Former cia officer on how to get the truth from anyone fox news. We allowed the cia to destroy tapes of interrogations that. Carle weighs what he sees as the corrosive effect of. Fbi gets an unexpected lesson from a former interrogator for the nazis. A former cia interrogator says he was asked to resign from his college teaching post in erie, pennsylvania after newsweek magazine ran a feature article about him earlier this month david. James elmer mitchell born 1952 is an american psychologist and former member of the united states air force. A list of the enhanced interrogation techniques used by. A former military interrogator unpacks the errors and fearmongering in marc thiessens courting disaster.
Former cia officers teach you how to persuade anyone. A book about the experiences of a cia interrogator as he navigates the maze of. A chapter about highprofile situations was significantly. Former cia leaders release book defending brutal interrogation tactics updated jan 09, 2019. Distilled, that story, told in carles new memoir the interrogator, is this. Global war on terror, and assigned to interrogate a toplevel detainee at one of the cia s notorious black sites overseas. Carle, a former cia intelligence officer, was surged to become an interrogator and sent to one of the agencys secret overseas facilities.
Inside the minds and motives of the islamic terrorists trying to destroy america is a firsthand account of the cias controversial interrogation program which most famously included such techniques as waterboarding by one of its architects, psychologist james mitchell, who also served as an interrogator, and former cia spokesman bill harlow. It details his involvement in the interrogation of a member of alqaida. I was almost never who i said i was, or did what i claimed to be. A cia interrogator gives inside look at the war on terror. Former cia leaders release book defending brutal tactics. Former cia officer on how to get the truth from anyone. A new guide from some former intelligence agents promises to train you to elicit the truth from targets such as the plumber or your own. In the months after 911, the cia kidnaps a suspected senior member of alqaida and takes him to a mideast country for. A new book by former cia officials defends the agencys use of brutal interrogation measures after the terrorist attacks on the united states that occurred on sept. Former cia leaders release book defending brutal interrogations. Cias enhanced interrogation program and served as one of their interrogators from its inception. Former cia contractor defends brutal post911 interrogations. Former cia leaders release book defending interrogation. Washington former senior cia officials instrumental in extracting information from al qaeda prisoners through what most americans consider to have been torture have published a book defending.
Phil houston is here, former cia interrogator and polygraph expert and the ceo of qverity. He is a former cia case officer and author of the book, the interrogator. He writes about his experience in his new book, the. Yeah, and then the story that you revealed is about barry mcmanus, this is the former cia interrogator. Sep 09, 2015 the book, titled rebuttal, takes aim at the senate intelligence committee report released last year that revealed gruesome details of the oncesecret cia program while portraying it as. Saddam was writing novel at time of invasion in this dec. He was in the agency for twenty years, he retired in 2003. We speak to former cia analyst john nixon, author of the new book, debriefing the president. Jul 21, 2015 former cia interrogator philip houston is telling the story of a colleague who arrived at the airport for a muchneeded vacation, only to discover that the clerk at checkin wanted paper tickets.
Former cia interrogator philip houston is telling the story of a colleague who arrived at the airport for a muchneeded vacation, only to discover that the clerk at checkin wanted paper tickets. Feinstein details brutal cia torture tactics nbc news duration. Invasion, saddam hussein was focused on writing novel, not wmds democracy now. This memoir describes how deforest, a cia interrogation officer in. Written by the former cia operative who interrogated pacha wazir, the man the cia rendered in 2002 for allegedly being bin ladens banker, this book chronicles the journey of a deeply committed, patriotic man who slowly comes to realize that his beloved. Excia interrogator trains ice agents in counterterrorism. Sep 08, 2015 a new book by former cia officials defends the agencys use of brutal interrogation measures after the terrorist attacks on the united states that occurred on sept. Do you think these issues of torture and enhanced interrogation look different from the inside or the outside. Fbi gets an unexpected lesson from a former interrogator. Jul 18, 2011 carle, a former cia intelligence officer, was surged to become an interrogator and sent to one of the agencys secret overseas facilities.
A former military interrogator, he is a strong opponent of. A haunting tale of sadness, confusion, and determination, the interrogator is a shocking and intimate look at the world of espionage. Dec 10, 2014 former interrogator says cia s techniques amounted to torture robert siegel talks to tony camerino, author of how to break a terrorist. He is a former cia case officer, with extensive experience in source handling and source networks, specializing in counterterrorism issues. So controversial is carles book that, for the past two years, the former cia agent has been involved in a legal battle with the cia, which has. Rodriguez, the former head of the cias counterterrorism center and. A former cia interrogator on death, torture and the dark side. Global war on terror, and assigned to interrogate a toplevel detainee at one of the cias notorious black sites overseas. A former cia interrogator says he was asked to resign from his college teaching post in erie, pennsylvania after newsweek magazine ran a feature article about him. Excia interrogator on enhanced interrogation bbc news. Written by the former cia operative who interrogated pacha wazir, the man the cia rendered in 2002 for allegedly being bin ladens banker, this book chronicles the journey of a deeply committed, patriotic man who slowly.
On megyn kelly today, former cia interrogator phil houston, one of the authors of the book spy the lie, explains how to spot a liar, saying one of the first tells is aggression. The interrogator grabs the detainee by the collar with two hands and pulls him closer, according to a description of the technique by former cia acting general counsel john rizzo in his book. Sep 09, 2015 washington former senior cia officials instrumental in extracting information from al qaeda prisoners through what most americans consider to have been torture have published a book defending. Waterboarding may be a harsh interrogation method, but it is not torture and it does work in rare occasions, according to a former central intelligence agency interrogator. Former cia officials have defended the rough techniques as useful, but a 2014 senate report found that the agencys use. Waterboarding works, says former chief cia interrogator. Dec 16, 2016 nixon was a cia analyst from 1998 to 2011 and has taught leadership analysis for the agency at its sherman kent school. Sep 09, 2015 former cia interrogator philip houston is telling the story of a colleague who arrived at the airport for a muchneeded vacation, only to discover that the clerk at checkin wanted paper tickets. Soufan, an arabicspeaking fbi interrogator, dispels the myth that al qaeda. Theres nothing an interrogator could say to me that would be new. It tells of his encounter with one of the most senior alqaida detainees the u.
Former cia officers teach you how to persuade anyone to tell all houston, philip, floyd, michael, carnicero, susan, romary, peter on. A former military interrogator unearths the errors and. The book, titled rebuttal, takes aim at the senate intelligence committee report released last year that revealed gruesome details of the. National security, intelligence, and interrogation. Mitchell admitted his role in the program to vice news in 2014, but his book, which will be released tuesday, is his comprehensive. President barack obama banned enhanced interrogation techniques in 2009, and the senate intelligence committee released a scathing report on the cia program, using code names for mitchell and jessen, in 2014. Attention grasp the interrogator grabs the detainee by the collar, with two hands, and pulls him closer in, according to a description of the technique by former cia acting general counsel. Carle was a wholesome, stereotypical new england yankee, a former athlete struggling against incipient middle age, someone always with his nose in an abstruse book. The cia was the tip of the spear in the months after the sept. Carle tells the story from inside the cias war on terror and he does it with great honesty and realism. James mitchell was contracted by the cia in 2002 to develop socalled enhanced interrogation techniques to be used on captured terrorists, which included waterboarding. Carles handlers tell him the mans silence proves he knows something, and insist enhanced interrogation techniques many would say torture will produce answers. Former cia leaders release book defending brutal tactics ken dilanian september 9, 2015 gmt the book, titled rebuttal, takes aim at the senate intelligence committee report released last year that revealed gruesome details of the oncesecret cia program while portraying it as ineffective, incompetently run, and rife with misrepresentations. An education 2011, which describes his involvement in the interrogation of a man at the time believed to be one of the top members of alqaida.
A former cia officer explains how to apply interrogation. Both books were written under the pseudonym matthew alexander. He is the author of the command and general staff college foundation presss inaugural book, the fight for the high ground. But for two decades carle broke laws, stole, and lied on a daily basis about nearly everything. Former cia officials release book defending agency. Cia interrogation tactics you can use at home chicago tribune. Former cia officers teach you how to persuade anyone to tell all. Written by the former cia operative who interrogated pacha wazir, the man. We speak to former cia analyst john nixon, author of the new book, debriefing. The henleyputnam webinar series, launched in 2009, was designed to bring the handson experience of former members of the cia, secret service, fbi, and intelligence and federal law enforcement community to those seeking careers in strategic security. Dec 09, 2014 attention grasp the interrogator grabs the detainee by the collar, with two hands, and pulls him closer in, according to a description of the technique by former cia acting general counsel. An education, which has been called the greatest nonfiction book ever written about the cia.
Mar 30, 2017 excia interrogator on enhanced interrogation bbc news. But for two decades carle broke laws, stole, and lied on a daily basis about nearly. Because what appears to work best is an interrogator who chats on and on, quietly. A former military interrogator, he is a strong opponent of the techniques. That makes the interrogator an engrossing read, and also an important book. Former interrogator says cias techniques amounted to torture robert siegel talks to tony camerino, author of how to break a terrorist. In addition to his intelligence experience, he has law enforcement experience with the us air marshals and the us capitol police, as well as search and rescue experience in the us coast guard. Feinstein details brutal cia torture tactics nbc news. Former interrogator says cia s techniques amounted to torture robert siegel talks to tony camerino, author of how to break a terrorist. Former interrogator says cias techniques amounted to torture. Nixon was a cia analyst from 1998 to 2011 and has taught leadership analysis for the agency at its sherman kent school. It is the confession of former covert operative glenn carle, who spent almost two decades working undercover and was charged with interrogating one of the highest profile alqaida detainees since 911. Former cia operative glenn carles memoir, the interrogator. It is a valuable addition to their excellent first book, spy the lie.
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