CIA KUBARK interrogation manual

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Central Intelligence Agency document classified government document interrogation manual

The CIA KUBARK interrogation manual is a Cold War–era U.S. intelligence document that outlines psychological and coercive interrogation techniques, including methods widely criticized as torture.

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Label	Occurrences
CIA Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual	1
CIA KUBARK interrogation manual canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Central Intelligence Agency document ⓘ classified government document ⓘ interrogation manual ⓘ
associatedWith	Cold War counterinsurgency operations ⓘ psychological warfare practices ⓘ
author	Central Intelligence Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedFor	endorsement of psychological torture ⓘ use of coercive interrogation methods ⓘ violation of human rights norms ⓘ
dateWritten	1963 ⓘ
declassificationDate	1990s ⓘ
declassified	partially ⓘ
describes	isolation of detainees ⓘ manipulation of environment ⓘ phases of interrogation ⓘ rapport-building techniques ⓘ screening and assessment of sources ⓘ sensory deprivation techniques ⓘ sleep deprivation techniques ⓘ threats and fear induction ⓘ use of drugs in interrogation ⓘ use of stress positions ⓘ
ethicalDebate	use of torture versus intelligence needs ⓘ
focusesOn	behavioral science in interrogation ⓘ coercive interrogation techniques ⓘ manipulation of detainee psychology ⓘ non-coercive interrogation techniques ⓘ psychological methods of interrogation ⓘ
format	training manual ⓘ
influenced	U.S. military interrogation training materials ⓘ later U.S. interrogation policies ⓘ
intendedFor	counterintelligence interrogations ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatusDiscussedAs	potentially violating international law ⓘ
outlines	guidelines for interrogators ⓘ methods of breaking resistance ⓘ techniques for exploiting detainee weaknesses ⓘ
relatedTo	CIA Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. enhanced interrogation program NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	counterintelligence interrogation ⓘ interrogation techniques ⓘ psychological coercion ⓘ torture ⓘ
targetAudience	CIA interrogators and case officers ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ
titleContains	KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Central Intelligence Agency interrogators ⓘ

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A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror → examines → CIA KUBARK interrogation manual ⓘ

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