Doc 0000149554
CIA
This CIA document describes a special interrogation procedure involving a subject, detailing the administration of a sedative and the subsequent questioning period where the subject was considered least inhibited and most responsive.
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Ask the archive about this →, I II· '' !, '· .. 15 ll OYCiiltX:r 1%4 'I . ~' . ' ~· .. ~ .. ~~-~·, · . . . ' ' :· ' . ~-. ·,· r~ J '•·, TO: ~~} -~~ '.~.· ; ·:· \ FROH: '. Ch:i.cf, ;Jcdical Branch SUDJJ:XT: pccial Interrog~tion done 8 . ;· .. . , '' : .:· ·, . ~ 1. l·bdi f.icd /d1'1ICfiC}~F t.::pe interrogation ;.1:.s d., no an ".:.he abo\·a sub~ie ct. Deco.t:se of t~e ci::..fficul ty cnconntered in in~ cGting tr:o rnateri2.l into tho arn vcir:fJ, th~ tcchn:i n.uo \·:as nccc~so.. . ril:: sc-m~".:r;~t r.odif~ed since He uere tm<..ble t ..' J nainta2.n continuous ir•:!scticn of r.1a.t.crial. ':'he Gubj cct i,·as civcn a total of 17 cc o.f 2;!';; scL.J.:.ion i~ n;:prcxi.~~.itcly the f ir3t o;.~ -:~~1lf hour of the prcccdti.r o. :ij1:·1cJ~c. telj' therc:::.fter ;;.,_:; ·t:.he most prodncti V:.J pcri0d of qu~stioni;:,;, !}.~ring ti1a t period I consider the sub_l~c t t.a have l:een least inh.i'L;i":.·:;d, ar.d his t? rosistanco .ansrrerir.t; questions truthfull~i at its lo·,;est •. 2. There ua.s no r.i\:cc~ss in cstnblishing true f<'Jlt<~s:." st~te in this ind:'..vidu;'ll, but mor~ or lrJs:o diroct intcrrot;z..ticn 1-;as resor"',·.,:d. to. Conchsicns frn::: a ~ed.ic2.l st2.ncpoint: :';'ri.s ':J<,s not. :1 saJ..,isf2.ctcry procedure technically. Hou~vcr, I do feel that O'.Tir;,:; the fir~t u) minutes to 1 hour of q'le~tionint.; at the cnsGt of U:.8 p·oco~.~-.....-e ::-.~ i!1div id~l:ll ans•-1cr ed in n truthful 111a.n:-:er q-u.cc ti o1;s con:: s rn:r.:,,; scr.s:> ti·;c <.rc~s in hj:; 'uacke;round ;.;hie~ b:d been brouf.)rt u:-:d-::r S'..:.s;:-ic:..on d'.trinG the courr,e of pol:;~;raplt proc<:>durc. ?ro::J t.h:Jt st2.r:-::poir::. I would con::idcr that the prccedtire has been a useful adjur.c t i.I1 resc:..V::..nG this diffic'J.lt case. .11 I, ~:.i :~>', l;<~!;<:;:.:,, . ' . . • • ,J•·· ·!!· ... . , .. .. , . ,·_. -~ ' j ~!(j•\/ .., - ~~---:.\ L\ ~ '. .... I ..:. { • ..,; ..... ' 1 [ . " . ;· - n -- L -~ - - .. · .: - : . · . - :- . . . . :. ................... ' .. - ··· , · . · , · , · .. ···--·--·--~- j
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