Army and cia interrogation manuals intelligence wiki. Cointelpro has become a famous word of its own, derived from the full operational name counter intelligence program. The pentagon press release accompanying the excerpts states that a investigation into the manuals concluded that cia kugarktorture dozen short passages in six of the manuals, which total pages, contained material that either was not or could be interpreted not to be consistent with u. It is equally true that some of the most glaring blunders in interrogation and other operational processes have resulted from ignoring the sources background. This unsigned and undated estimated publication date. Army and cia interrogation manuals are seven controversial military training manuals which were declassified by the pentagon in the star wars holiday inrerrogation of personality categories c. Government built as a haven from cold war nuclear holocaust 44 declassified vietnam war photos taken by u. Declassified army and cia manuals latin america working. First published by the central intelligence agency and distributed to the contras in central america. Jan 18, 2017 the cia has posted a vast cache of nearly 12 million declassified cia pages online, including info on nazi war crimes, the cuban missile crisis, ufo sightings, human telepathy project stargate.
In response to a foia appeal by emma best, the central intelligence agency has released in full a copy of psychological operations in guerrilla warfare, a manual on armed propaganda techniques written for the nicaraguan contras during the civil war of the mid80s initially, the agency had responded with a copy of the version of the manual available on its declassified archives. Crenell on b may 2020 national security agency fort george g. In 1997, two additional cia manuals were declassified in response to a freedom of information act foia request filed by the baltimore sun. The al qaeda manual the attached manual was located by the manchester england metropolitan police during a search of an al qaeda members home. Government documents ready to download on nearly any government secret you can imagine. Sep 17, 2019 pdf a careful reading of the kubark manual is essential for anyone involved in anticipating modernday interrogation guides such as cias kubark. Dec 31st, 1953 19page typewritten file was part of a collection of cia documents pertaining to operations pbfortune and pbsuccess and was declassified under the freedom of information act on may 15, 1997. This simple sabotage field manual strategic services provisionalis published for the information and guidance of all concerned and will be used as the basic doctrine for strateic services training for this subject.
Cia interrogation manuals written in the 1960s and 1980s described coercive techniques such as those used to mistreat detainees at the abu ghraib prison in iraq, according to the declassified documents posted today by the national security archive. The manuals in question have been referred to by various media sources as the torture manuals. And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts. Per guidance from the chiefdrrb cia declassification center, you may consider the document declassified. Here you find a transcript of the cia file titled a study of assassination. Operation mockingbird was a secret campaign by the united states central intelligence agency cia to influence media. One of their more imaginative ideas was to train everyday citizens in the art of simple sabotage. Us army fm 3482 intelligence officers handbook 1 us army is0825 medical course combat lifesaver course 0825cc.
Jun 17, 2019 pdf a careful reading of the kubark manual is essential for anyone involved in anticipating modernday interrogation guides such as cias kubark. Army and cia interrogation manuals is neutral but 1 not correct regarding the army manuals which deals with many other topics beside interrogation and 2 not correct more generally since the article only have material regarding the manuals declassified in 9697, not all manuals interrogation or not that the us have. In 1983, a manual known as the 1983 cia interrogation manual was put together with material. The manual was found in a computer file described as the military series related to the declaration of jihad. Declassified army and cia manuals used in latin america. And stabilator gap seal installation and maintenance manual aircraft eligibility. The following are a list of guides taken from declassified files from the central intelligence agency and us army. The vietnam collection this collection of declassified estimative products is the first such release by the central intelligence agency of documents exclusively on the vietnam war.
The spanish language manuals are available here in both pdf and html formats. Aug 06, 2019 declassified army and cia manuals latin america working group even electoral activity is suspect. Digital archive the digital archive contains oncesecret documents from governments all across the globe, uncovering new sources and providing fresh insights into the history of. Special operations field manual central intelligence agency. The manuals provide the paper trail that proves how the us. Apr 23, 2020 click here to read and download a timeline about the creation of these cia and army manuals.
The army manual excerpts highlighted by the pentagon advocate tactics such as executing guerrillas, blackmail, false imprisonment, physical abuse, use of truth. Army and cia interrogation manuals are seven controversial military training manuals which were declassified by the pentagon in 1996. This previously classified booklet describes ways to train normal people to be purposely annoying telephone operators, dysfunctional train conductors, befuddling middle. Updated to include a version of the kubark manual declassified as of. The cia and the u2 program, 19541974 unclassified, censored version, by gregory w. Routine questions about school teachers, employers, and group leaders, for example, will lead the subject to kubagk a good deal of how he feels about his parents, superiors, and others of emotional consequence to him because of associative links in his mind. See inside the declassified kubark handbook later portions of this manuxl explore this topic in more detail. Oct 06, 2016 ndc releasing all we can, protecting what we must recent reports biannual report on operations of the national declassification center july 1, 20 december 31, 20 pdf format recent releases available for researcher requests the ndc has released a listing of 228 entries that have completed declassification processing between january 2 and august 31, 2016 and are now available. The seven spanishlanguage manuals were drafted in by u. In 1997, two additional cia manuals were declassified in response to a. General declassification and transparency documents declassified by the national security agencycentral security service. The attached manual was located by the manchester england. Cia, kubark counterintelligence interrogation, july 1963. Material from cia and army manuals written in the 1950s and 1960s.
Haugaard, declassified army and central intelligence agency manuals. Check out the exclusive, limited edition package, available only right here. The national security archive ran released their declassified documents dealing with all of the manuals in may 2004, after the abu ghraib scandal put torture at the hands of u. Once a topsecret training manual for cia field agents in the early cold war era of the 1950s, the official cia manual of trickery and deception is now available to the general public. Cia psychological operations in guerrilla warfare a tactical manual for the revolutionary. The cia has posted a vast cache of nearly 12 million declassified cia pages online, including info on nazi war crimes, the cuban missile crisis, ufo. Scouting reconnaissance scouting on two continents garden city, ny. This site contains ed material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized interrogatipn the owner. The manuals in question have been referred to as the torture manuals by many us media sources. Army intelligence manuals that incorporated the earlier work of the cia for.
The first manual, kubark counterintelligence interrogation, dated july 1963, is the source of much of. Special operations forces sof and cia paramilitary. Read the full declassified manual straight from the cia here. Army and cia interrogation manuals cia manuals the 1983 manual and battalion 316. Report on the situation in vietnam, 2 february 1968. Kubarka cia codename for itselfdescribes the qualifications of a successful interrogator. This manual is the source of much of the material in the cias human. Some of the material was not officially declassified until february of 2005. Maryland 207556000 4 may 2020 memorandum for director of national intelligence subject. I am certain this is the manual written in and used in the former army intelligence unit which utilized remote. Topies include gulf of tonkin, unidentified flying objects ufos, u. Army and cia interrogation manuals other articles related to cia manuals, manual, cia. Army and cia interrogation manuals wikipedia the only rationale needed for arrest or detention is that the intelligence agent needs some kind of information from the person.
Army and cia interrogation manuals covert history wiki. Declassified army and cia manuals declassified army and cia manuals used in latin america. An index of 4,923 entries containing approximately 1. Army released january 1997 355 pages 22 mb refiled on november 4, 2015, for any additional ufo records that may have been released by the army. The national intelligence council nic commissioned lloyd gardner, the renowned american scholar on the vietnam war, to prepare an introductory essay providing. Begun in the 1950s, it was initially organized by cord meyer and allen w.
Cointelpro was a series of undercover operations that targeted people and groups the us government deemed were a problem, such as the communist party, other far left groups. An analysis of their content on september 20, 1996, the pentagon released to the public seven training manuals prepared by the u. Special operations forces sof and cia paramilitary operations. As of 27 july 2007, some 542 field manuals were in use.
In july 20, declassified documents from the cia acknowledged the existence of area 51 for the first time, and confirmed that the topsecret site was used to test a variety of spy planes. Major documents in the history of american intelligence interrogation are included in this unique ebook compilation, including two famous manuals, the cia. The black vault has more than 2,000,000 pages of declassified u. Then, on march 6, the washington post ran a story revealing that the seven army manuals had even deeper roots. Read through the field manual in order to glean an insiders look at the guidelines and mindset that shaped the outcome of one of the worlds most divisive conflictsstraight from the group that fought at the forefront of allied operations. Us army explosives and demolitions manual us army fm 311.
The official cia manual of trickery and deception has been available to the general public since 2010, and it should be in your pocket right now this declassified, cold warera training manual. This was a program run by the fbi under hoover which started in 1956. United states army field manuals are published by the united states army s army publishing directorate. Click here to read and download a timeline about the creation of these cia and army manuals. So simple a matter as greeting an interrogatee by his name at the opening of the session establishes in his mind the comforting awareness that he is considered as a person, not a squeezable sponge. Dulles, it was later led by frank wisner after dulles became the head of the cia. They were based on an older set of training materials known as project x, written by us army. At best it can help readers to avoid the charactt risiic miatake s of poor interrogator s4 ito purpose io to provide guidelines for kubark interrogation, and particularly the cou. The original version from the military unit is the simple typed cover with the page included. The official cia manual of trickery and deception pdf. Jun 23, 2019 the two manuals were completely declassified and released to the public in mayand are now available kybark.
The two manuals were completely declassified and released to the public in may 2004, and are now available online. Timeless tips for simple sabotage central intelligence. Cia manuals that contained even more heinous material than the seven army manuals. Cia assassin and torture manual s back assassinations back torture.
Cia, human resource exploitation manual, washington dc. Washington a newly declassified cia training manual details. The following is a list of different army field manuals released to the public. Other articles related to cia manuals, manual, cia. They contain detailed information and howtos for procedures important to soldiers serving in the field.
The army s plan for a military base on the moon and other declassified documents that rewrote history order the book to own in 2020. Mar 16, 2020 pdf a careful reading of the kubark manual is essential for anyone involved in anticipating modernday interrogation guides such as cias kubark. After this investigation, the department of defense discontinued the use of the manuals, directed their manula to the extent practicable, and destroyed the copies in kubrak field. This incident, explained later in more detail, generally dealt with the claim that in july of 1947, the us army air forces usaaf recovered a flying saucer and or its alien occupants which supposedly crashed near roswell, new mexico. In 1944, cia s precursor, the office of strategic services oss, created the simple sabotage field manual. The manuals in question have been referred to as the torture manuals by many us media. Cia project mkultra achieved dog mind control during the cold war, declassified documents reveal inside the secret bunker the u. An analysis of their content lisa haugaard, latin america working group.
In 1983, the human resource exploitation training manual 1983 methods were used by the u. Us training manuals declassified by lisa haugaard covert action quarterly magazine, september 1997 several recently declassified us military training manuals show how us agents taught repressive techniques and promoted the violation of human rights throughout latin america and around the globe. Donovan recommended that the sabotage guidance be declassified and distributed to citizens of enemy states via pamphlets and. Such people, writes rebecca onion at slate, might already be sabotaging materials, machinery, or operations of their own. Manuals kubark counterintelligence interrogation this 127page report, classified secret, was drafted in july 1963 as a comprehensive guide for training interrogators in the art of obtaining intelligence from resistant sources.
Jan 08, 2020 pdf a careful reading of the kubark manual is essential for anyone involved in anticipating modernday interrogation guides such as cias kubark. The national declassification center recent releases. February 18, 1997 on september 20, 1996, the pentagon released to the public seven training manuals prepared by the u. This classified booklet described ways to sabotage the us world war ii enemies. Torture was taught by cia declassified manual details the methods. Declassified army and cia manuals latin america working group. The contents of this manual should be carefully controlled and should not be al10wedto come into unauthorized hands. Issues for congress congressional research service 1 he u. World war ii technical manuals 10,440 pages of world war ii technical manuals.
The manual was used in numerous latin american countries as an instructional tool by cia and green beret trainers between 1983 and 1987 and became the subject of executive session senate intelligence committee hearings in 1988 because of human rights abuses committed by cia trained honduran military units. Between 1980 and 1984, the honduran army, with american support, uncovered and then. Utilizing the freedom of information act foia, the black vaults founder john greenewald, jr. Scope and purpose of manual this manual sets forth the operational principles, methods, and organization of secret intelligence as a part. Now declassified and freely available on the cia s website, the manual the agency describes as surprisingly relevant was once distributed to oss officers abroad to assist them in training citizensaboteurs in occupied countries like norway and france.
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