Disinformation Book of Lists by Russ Kick

resistance would be not only pointless but dangerous.”
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    The double-informant technique
    The manual notes that planting a snitch in the subject's cell is a ruse so obvious as to be useless. “Less well known is the trick of planting two informants in the cell. One of them, A, tries now and then to pry a little information from the source; B remains quiet. At the proper time, and during A's absence, B warns the source not to tell A anything because B suspects him of being an informant planted by the authorities. Suspicion against a single cellmate may sometimes be broken down if he shows the source a hidden microphone that he has ‘found’ and suggests that they talk only in whispers at the other end of the room.”
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    The “News from Home” technique
    Letting the subject get some letters from the outside is a good way to gain trust and increase his longing to cooperate and, thus, get released. Conversely, letting him write letters can be profitable, since they can be read for useful information.
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    Playing two subjects against each other
    If you have two suspects who are suspected of operating together, pretend that one is squealing on the other. Creatively edit audiotape of your interrogations of the first one. Doctor up a phony “signed” confession.
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    The “Ivan Is a Dope” technique
    â€œIt may be useful to point out to a hostile agent that the cover story was ill-contrived, that the other [intelligence] service botched the job, that it is typical of the other service to ignore the welfare of its agents. The interrogator may personalize this pitch by explaining that he has been impressed by the agent's courage and intelligence. He sells the agent the idea that the interrogator, not his old service, represents a true friend, who understands him and will look after his welfare.”
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    The good-cop/bad-cop routine
    In this age-old technique, one interrogator pretends to be an angry SOB who is restraining himself from getting medieval on the subject. The other interrogator pretends to be nice and reasonable, establishing false trust. The manual notes: “This routine works best with women, teenagers, and timid men.”
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    Language games
    â€œIf the recalcitrant subject speaks more than one language, it is better to question him in the tongue with which he is least familiar as long as the purpose of interrogation is to obtain a confession. After the interrogatee admits hostile intent or activity, a switch to the better-known language will facilitate follow-up. An abrupt switch of languages may trick a resistant source. If an interrogatee has withstood a barrage of questions in German or Korean, for example, a sudden shift to ‘Who is your case officer?’ in Russian may trigger the answer before the source can stop himself.”
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    The “Spinoza and Mor timer Snerd” technique
    First you ask the subject questions about the high-level operations of his agency, questions that he is truly unable to answer. “His complaints that he knows nothing of such matters are met by flat insistence that he does know, he would have to know, that even the most stupid men in his position know.” Suddenly, the interrogator switches to questions about low-level information, which the subject does know and may reveal. An American POW who was the victim of this tactic later said: “I know it seems strange now, but I was positively grateful to them when they switched to a topic I knew something about.”
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    The “Wolf in Sheep's Clothing” technique
    In this risky maneuver, a CIA decoy pretends to be a representative of an enemy agency, the same agency that employs the sap being interrogated. Thinking he's being debriefed by his side, he spills his guts.?
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    The “Alice in Wonderland” technique
    Simply put: Mess with the subject's head. You attempt “not only to obliterate the familiar but to replace it with the weird.