Hes a former cia case officer and author of the book, the interrogator. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. 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 won the right to redact 40 percent of the book. He writes about his experience in his new book, the interrogator. Convicted former cia contractor speaks out about prisoner. A former cia interrogator on death, torture and the dark side by jeff stein and adam zagorin on 100715 at 6. Public embracing war torture, excia interrogator says it. Get the truth, a new book by three former cia officers, explains how to apply counterterrorist interrogation techniques to everyday life, from. For five out of his eight years as a cia officer, he worked as interrogator, agent debriefer, and chief strategy analyst in the united states embassy, saigon. Glenn carle speaker, writer and foreign policy and. A book about the experiences of a cia interrogator as he navigates the maze of.
Phil houston is here, former cia interrogator and polygraph expert and the ceo of qverity. Carle tells nprs mary louise kelly that he was told to do whatever it took to make the man talk. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. To learn more about the cia and how the agency has carried out its missions for the past six and a half decades, host rob sachs spoke with glenn carle, a career cia operations officer and author of what critics have called the greatest book ever written about the cia, the interrogator. A former military interrogator unpacks the errors and fearmongering in marc thiessens courting disaster. The cia was the tip of the spear in the months after the sept. Cia interrogator remembers saddam husseins hatred of iran. Carles book was well received internationally and he was interviewed at the sydney writers festival in 2012. As a result, passaros case may go down in history books as the first, and only, case in which a cia interrogator has been prosecuted for abusing a prisoner. In his book, al takes you on a journey into the dark world of covert operational polygraph around the world. Carles handlers tell him the mans silence proves he knows something, and insist enhanced interrogation techniques many would say torture will produce answers. Harlow, who has done similar service for a number of excia memoirists, including. From the start, the interrogation program had trouble written all over it.
Cia interrogation tactics you can use at home chicago. Cia memoirs offer revelations and settle scores among. Moriggia, a cia interrogator, and another was the secret cia dai phong program. Us immigration and customs enforcement pays a private security firm run by former top cia interrogator barry mcmanus to train ice agents in intelligence and counterterrorism. In carles words, the cia made him rewrite the interrogator literally a dozen times over and its objections were some. Cia interrogator says amazon film the report got waterboarding of accused terrorist. 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. Former cia contractor defends brutal post911 interrogations. Hes a former military interrogator and a strong opponent of the type of enhanced interrogation techniques detailed in yesterdays report. Easily and effortlessly switching from interview mode to interrogation mode by using a transition statement based on a direct observation of.
Kiriakou is a columnist with reader supported news and cohost of loud and clear on sputnik radio he was formerly an analyst and case officer for the central intelligence agency cia. Alan trabue chose a bizarre, dangerous way to make a living. Despite the continued outcry in the united states over torture, especially waterboarding, a new international poll of those in war torn nations shows growing support, and a former cia interrogator. A former cia interrogator on death, torture and the dark side. This is not a learnhow book, but more a seehowwedoit book. But glenn carle, a former cia operative, isnt sure whether hes the hero or the villain of his own story. They dont have children, floyd said, but could you imagine being raised by a child psychiatrist and a former cia interrogator. Excia interrogator demonstrates how to spot the liars in. James elmer mitchell born 1952 is an american psychologist and former member of the united states air force. Distilled, that story, told in carles new memoir the interrogator, is this.
Carle, a former cia intelligence officer, was surged to become an interrogator and sent to one of the agencys secret overseas facilities. Former cia officer on how to get the truth from anyone. This is a nonfiction story covering 2 12 years of a cia. Books by those who seek to tell the other side such as the one by an fbi interrogator. Former cia operative glenn carles memoir, the interrogator. In a life of lies and spies, trabue exposes the often perilous world of polygraphing foreign spies in support of cia espionage programs.
The book teaches readers the simple methods they used in the cia. To test his skills, two audience members attempt to fool houston about which of them stole. Twisted logic and the new book by the cia spy who destroyed torture tapes. Former cia spokesman bill harlow, who led the creation of the website and new book, said the exofficials contributed to the project because the truth, context and safety of the nation matter. National security, intelligence, and interrogation. Invasion, saddam hussein was focused on writing novel, not wmds by december 28, 2016 december 29, 2016 written by amy goodman, democracy now. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. A former military interrogator, he is a strong opponent of the techniques detailed in the socalled torture report. Former cia agent reveals secret prison torture details. Former cia leaders release book defending interrogation. However, readers will learn many things about interviewing, interrogation and negotiation based. You have said that some people might think that you are guilty of torture. What was it like to be inside a place completely off the books from any. The story talks about the hardships of his position and what happens to peoples families after these long trips.
His interrogator, a longserving cia agent named glenn carle, thinks the man is far from a terrorist mastermind, but a bewildered halfwit. But glenn carle, a former cia operative, isnt sure whether hes the hero or. Soufan is a lebaneseamerican former fbi agent who was involved in a. The experiences he has captured and shared are intense. 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. Rodriguez, the former head of the cia s counterterrorism center and its former deputy director of operations, will also appear on 60 minutes on sunday night.
Glenn carle is like myself a former officer in cias directorate of operations, the author of an informative and courageous book the interrogator and has participated with me in panels dealing with the rationalization of torture by the cia. Frank warren snepp, iii born may 3, 1943 is a journalist and former chief analyst of north vietnamese strategy for the central intelligence agency cia in saigon during the vietnam war. The story of hanns joachim scharff, master interrogator of the luftwaffe schiffer military history. The basic plan was simple a matter of obtaining immediate intelligence and to destroy the communist vc in all junction of the north vietnamese armys transportation routes to saigon. But you insist that you never engaged in any sort of physical practices like waterboarding or walling. Nowhere in this book will you find the opinions of experienced military. Former cia officers teach you how to detect deception. Excia interrogator trains ice agents in counterterrorism. John chris kiriakou born august 9, 1964 is a greek american author, journalist and retired intelligence officer. 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. He recounts his incredible, truelife globetrotting adventures, from his induction in the cia in 1971 to directing the cia s worldwide covert ops polygraph program.
He tracks through his day while working in the office before getting ready to leave to a long period of time. President trumps former personal assistant has a book deal that. He is a former cia case officer, with extensive experience in source handling and source networks, specializing in counterterrorism issues. An education and millions of other books are available for instant access. Former interrogator says cias techniques amounted to torture. Cia interrogator tells abc he supervised necessary. I finished a book all about a man working for the cia and is an interrogator. An education, which describes his involvement in the interrogation of a man at the time believed to be one of the top members of alqaida. That is the conclusion of former cia officer and national security. Written by the former cia operative who interrogated pacha wazir, the man.
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. A former cia contractor who is being sued for his role in the spy agencys torture program argues in a forthcoming book that his actions were legal, morally justified and necessary to protect americans from terrorist attacks. Enhanced interrogation techniques or enhanced interrogation is a euphemism for the program of systematic torture of detainees by the central intelligence agency cia, the defense intelligence agency dia and various components of the u. As former cia agents and bestselling authors of spy the lie, philip houston, mike floyd, and susan carnicero are among the worlds best at detecting deceptive behavior and eliciting the truth from even the most accomplished liars. Like a john lecarre novel, al trabue gives you a unique glimpse into the world of a cia covert ops polygraph interrogator. Soufan is a lebaneseamerican former fbi agent who was involved in a number of highprofile antiterrorism cases both in the united states and around. Former cia leaders release book defending interrogation tactics. Former cia officer accuses highly politicized john. A former military interrogator unearths the errors and.
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