The first manual is the kubark counterintelligence interrogation, dated july 1963. Torture was taught by cia declassified manual details the methods. Declassified army and cia manuals latin america working group. Additions from army field manuals known as project x, an effort to battle communism in latin america, were also added. Human resource exploitation training manual 1983 whale. We conducted a search of our previously released database and located the enclosed document, consisting of 4 pages, which we believe to be the responsive document requested. The first, human resource exploitation training manual1983, was used in at least seven u. More than 150,000 articles in the search database learn how almost everything works. Central intelligence agency, human resource exploitation training manual, 1983. Apr 23, 2020 soa manuals on september 20, 1996, under intense public pressure, the pentagon was forced to release training manuals that were used at the school of the americas for years.
Good copbad cop tactics involve a team of two interrogators who take apparently opposing approaches to the subject. Behind the vague title of human resource exploitation lies a doctrine on how to break noncooperative subjects. An update to the 1963 kubark manual, this 1983 declassified cia interrogation manual also exhibits the influence of. Teaching torture, the 1983 manual encourages the use. Reprint of the declassified cia counterintelligence interrogation training manual human resource exploitation 1983, successor of the infamous kubark counterintelligence interrogation 1963. This is the oldest and most abusive manual and is the source of much of the material in the second manual. Cia torture practices started long before 911 attacks. In 1983, kubark became the basis for the human resource exploitation training manual, another cia interrogation document, with whole passages lifted from kubark. Milled from the charred detritus of human cyborg fragments, constant transient is a race out of an interstellar hellish warzone, where only android queens and alien overlords have survived the neutron bomb. Human resource exploitation training manual 1983 free download as pdf file. Reprint of the declassified cia counterintelligence interrogation training manual human resource exploitation. The 1983 manual on interrogation and the 1985 prohibition against coercive methods were made public in response to a freedom of information act request filed by the baltimore sun for a series on. The cia manual, human resource exploitation training manual 1983, was originally obtained under the freedom of information act by the baltimore sun in. Good copbad cop routine, also called mutt and jeff, joint questioning or friend and foe, is a psychological tactic used in negotiation and interrogation.
Behind the vague title of human resource exploitation lies a doctrine on how to break noncooperative subjects and obtain information from them. It covers a wide range of chapters on human resource management such as human resource functions, performance management and human resource development and empowerment. Please be advised that the document is dated april 1985 vice 1983 as you referenced. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Cia human resource exploitation training manual 1983 1.
We conducted a search of our previously released database and. More than 150,000 articles in the search database learn how. Human resource exploitation training manual 1983 was released friday in response to a freedom of information act foia request filed by the sun on may 26, 1994. The use of force, mental torture, threats, insults, or exposure to. One part was project x, a military effort to create intelligence field manuals drawn from counterinsurgency experience in vietnam, specifically from the cias phoenix program in south vietnam, an assassination program designed to identify and neutralize the infrastructure of the viet cong. In any case, the use of isolation and sensory deprivation was continued by u.
Military intelligence field manuals written in the mid 1960s as part of the armys foreign intelligence assistance program codenamed project x. Declassified army and cia manuals latin america working. Contrary to us government assertions, the abu ghraib photos do not reflect the perverse handiwork of a few bad apples. Cia human resource exploitation training manual 1983 aka. Human resource exploitation manual lobster theremin. I came across it while doing research for my book we dont know we dont know, which focuses partly on salvaging poetry out of politically degraded language. After working with some of the top krav maga instructors and practitioners in the country, the century martial arts product team has launched. The cia wrote a torture manual more than 50 years ago, and. May 12, 2004 cia, human resource exploitation training manual 1983 part i pp. On september 20, 1996, under intense public pressure, the pentagon was forced to release training manuals that were used at the school of the americas for years. Aug 29, 2007 in any case, the use of isolation and sensory deprivation was continued by u. Army foreign intelligence assistance program wikipedia. This module serves the purpose of a resource handbook for carrying out training on human resource management. Human resource exploitation manual is an aural guide in the optimum exploitation of human substance and material.
The 1983 cia training manual allocates considerable space to the subject of coercive questioning and psychological and physical techniques and recommends. Kubark counterintelligence interrogation july 1963. We conducted a search of our previously released database and located the. Human resource exploitation training manual 1983 this secret manual was compiled from sections of the kubark guidelines, and from u. The human resource exploitation and training manual. Cia training manual, human resource exploitation training manual, 1983 excerpt. The second manual, human resource exploitation training manual 1983, was used in at least seven u.
Army and cia interrogation manuals cia manuals the. Feb, 2007 the cia manual, human resource exploitation training manual 1983, was originally obtained under the freedom of information act by the baltimore sun in 1997. Uk, deep interrogation five techniques, litigated at ecthr, ireland v. Taught, then dropped, mental torture in latin america. The cia used two secret manuals during terry wards career to train latin american militaries and security services in interrogating suspects, one titled kubark counterintelligence interrogation july 1963, and a updated version titled human. Torture was taught by cia declassified manual details the. In 1997, under threat of a lawsuit by the newspaper, the cia coughed up its human resource exploitation training manual, a 1983 playbook that recommended stripping prisoners naked to start. As american torture reveals, tortures such as sensory deprivation, sexual humiliation and forced standing are core elements of the american detention regime, a product of more than sixty years of government research and development fully detailed in extensive cia manuals. Patterns from the past the national security archive. Human resource exploitation training manual the black vault. Copy of the manual human resource exploitation training manual 1983. Human resource exploitation training manual 1983 annotated. Sep 08, 2007 central intelligence agency, human resource exploitation training manual, 1983. Picture of death squads seen in key salvadoran notebook, new york times.
Click on your interest section for more information. The manual was used in numerous latin american countries as an. These manuals advocated torture, extortion, blackmail and the targeting of civilian populations. As american torture reveals, tortures such as sensory deprivation, sexual humiliation and forced standing are core elements of the american detention regime, a product of more than sixty years of government research and development fully. More than 150,000 articles in the search database learn. Jan 18, 2015 this cia interrogation manual, human resource exploitation training manual 1983 is an updated version of kubark manual 1963 incorporating sections of kubark. While it was not intended to train foreign military services, its successor, human resource exploitation training manual 1983, which drew heavily on material in kubark, was used in at least seven us training courses conducted in latin american countries between 1982 and 1987, according to a june 1988 memo placed inside the manual. Just five years after hart expressed his dismay about torture on capitol hill, in 1983 a cia officer incorporated significant portions of the kubark manual into the human resource exploitation.
Nov 05, 2009 the first manual is the kubark counterintelligence interrogation, dated july 1963. The second manual, human resource exploitation training manual 1983, was. The first manual, kubark counterintelligence interrogation, dated july 1963, is the source of much of the material in the second manual. Central intelligence agency, human resource exploitation training manual1983 link an update to the 1963 kubark manual, this 1983 declassified cia interrogation manual also exhibits the influence of donald hebb and ewen camerons experiments. Jan 01, 2007 contrary to us government assertions, the abu ghraib photos do not reflect the perverse handiwork of a few bad apples. Human resource exploitation training manual 1983 annotated kindle edition by c. Cia, human resource exploitation training manual 1983 part i pp. In 1983, the human resource exploitation training manual 1983 methods were used by the u. Jan 29, 1997 the 1983 manual on interrogation and the 1985 prohibition against coercive methods were made public in response to a freedom of information act request filed by the baltimore sun for a series on. This cia interrogation manual, human resource exploitation training manual 1983 is an updated version of kubark manual 1963 incorporating sections of kubark. Cia human resource exploitation training manual 1983 aka honduras manual a1 g11 torture 1.
Ciahuman resource exploitation training manual19831. The cia has two training manuals for interrogators, kubark the cias name for itself counterintelligence interrogationjuly 1963, and human resource exploitation training manual1983 which were obtained by the baltimore sun. The human resource exploitation training manual 1983 suggests that the interrogator show the prisoner letters from home to convey the. Us government torture manuals for latest content goto. The two cia manuals, human resource exploitation training manual1983 and kubark counterintelligence interrogationjuly 1963, were originally. The us army foreign intelligence assistance program, was a 1960s program. Human resource exploitation training manual 1983 prohibition against using force the use of force, mental torture, threats, insults, or exposure to unpleasant and inhumane treatment of any kind as an aid to interrogation is prohibited by law, both international and domestic.
The following interrogation hre training was provided by sas officers to countries in. In 1997, under threat of a lawsuit by the newspaper, the cia coughed up its human resource exploitation training manual, a 1983 playbook that recommended stripping prisoners naked. Milled from the charred detritus of humancyborg fragments, constant transient is a race out of an interstellar hellish warzone, where only android queens and alien overlords have survived the neutron bomb. The cia in latin america george washington university. Central intelligence agency cryptonym for the cia itself. Oct 29, 2009 cia human resource exploitation training manual 1983 aka honduras manual a1 g11 torture 1.