Interrogation techniques in the army field manual

 · Yesterday, Sens. Diane Feinstein and Ron Wyden, who have spent a great deal of time trying to restrict the CIA's interrogation methods to the Army Field Manual, were quoted in The New York Times sounding conspicuously ambivalent about torture. Feinstein said that, "you have to use the noncoercive standard to the greatest extent possible," while she "rais [ed] the Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. This manual provides doctrinal guidance, techniques, and procedures governing employment of interrogators as human intelligence (HUMINT) collection assets in support of the commander's intelligenceneeds. It outlines the interrogator's role within the intelligence collection effort and the supported unit's day-to-dayoperations.  · Although the Army Field Manual contains a number of express and implied protections to ensure that these techniques are not abused, for the reasons that follow, the Committee is right to raise concerns about the continued authorization of Physical Separation and Field Expedient Separation even while other Enhanced Interrogation Techniques have been Estimated Reading Time: 11 mins.

Key Points in the ManualThere are official military sources for interrogation and human intelligence collection techniques with perhaps the most important being the Army Field Manual. The manual has undergone changes over the years. The Vietnam era manual, FM , released in , offers a variety of recommendations from the necessary qualities of an interrogator to preparation to the. Army FM , Intelligence Interrogation 1 is the Army's standard for interrogation of captured enemy personnel. It was the basis for the initial interrogation techniques used at Guantanamo. 2 The DOD says that from Janu, when the first detainees arrived at Guantanamo " doctrine contained in Field Manual guided. The Army's news release stated that Field Manual replaced Field Manual (published in ). The new manual specifically prohibits many of the controversial enhanced interrogation techniques (including " waterboarding ") which brought the matter to public attention, and also stipulates that the list is not all-inclusive of.

Although the Army Field Manual contains a number of express and implied protections to ensure that these techniques are not abused, for the reasons that follow, the Committee is right to raise concerns about the continued authorization of Physical Separation and Field Expedient Separation even while other Enhanced Interrogation Techniques have been expressly prohibited by, inter alia, the Detainee Treatment Act and President Obama’s Executive Orders. This post outlines these reasons and. The Army's news release stated that Field Manual replaced Field Manual (published in ). The new manual specifically prohibits many of the controversial enhanced interrogation techniques (including " waterboarding ") which brought the matter to public attention, and also stipulates that the list is not all-inclusive of prohibited actions. Both manuals have an entire chapter devoted to "coercive techniques". These manuals recommend arresting suspects early in the morning by surprise, blindfolding them, and stripping them naked. Suspects should be held incommunicado and should be deprived of any kind of normal routine in eating and sleeping. Interrogation rooms should be windowless, soundproof, dark and without toilets.