Anthropology (catch all)

[Stan]

Not sure if this is what you were talking about.

http://www.dailyalert.org/archive/20...004-06-29.html

or this one

http://www.blogscanada.ca/egroup/Com...3-5cced41be927

[marct]

Hi Stan,

This is the one I was talking about http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/educing.pdf

Marc

[120mm]

It is now that I will admit to being an Interrogator for the Army, back in the 90s. And our training consisted of "screening" and "interviews". At no time were we trained, asked, encouraged or allowed to "pressure" the screenee or interviewee. In fact, we were trained that "getting information" was not the issue, dealing with the vast amounts of information that you will get is the real issue and determining what is useless and what is useful and relevant.

There are truly not that many resistent subjects. Especially among tribal cultures. It is pretty easy to transition from "core belief" issues to tactical information.

[Stan]

Hey 120 !

It is pretty easy to transition from "core belief" issues to tactical information.

My background is different, but then somewhat similar with intel. I would however argue that such a transition would be arduously slow and drive one or the other crazy (then comes torture ).

We also deal with enormous amounts of info (to include quasi interviews..a tad more friendly environment...over dinner ) and then decide if we were going anywhere. That said, without sufficient knowledge of customs, cultures, etc., all the info in the world may not be enough to draw a conclusion.

Perhaps I should have learned Interrogation.

Regards, Stan

[120mm]

IMO, a good interrogator is someone who has good "people skills" and comes off as empathetic. While there are some mild payoffs for using small amounts of pressure at the point of capture, torture is just not a good idea.

I remember my initial training in screening and interviews; I thought the same thing you just said. It wasn't that different from going to a social event and collecting information on people you find attractive and want to get to know better.

[marct]

I remember my initial training in screening and interviews; I thought the same thing you just said. It wasn't that different from going to a social event and collecting information on people you find attractive and want to get to know better.

And that's pretty much how we operate doing fieldwork, too . The difference is more in the environment of the interviews / observations than in the techniques (although we don't torture people except by making them read our dissertations ).

Marc

[GRIM]

And that's pretty much how we operate doing fieldwork, too . The difference is more in the environment of the interviews / observations than in the techniques (although we don't torture people except by making them read our dissertations ).

Marc

The agony!