Underground Tradecraft

• 2015-11-17

  

  I’d like to highlight the operational environment within IS, and how dangerous it is for spies… More accurately, for activists. Spies will have properly disguised equipment.

  Simply possessing encryption tools would be grounds for interrogation and possibly punishment.

  Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/16/how-isis-picks-its-suicide-bombers.html?via=mobile&source=twitter

• 2013-12-04

  The Memoirs of Eleusis

  A lessons learned document from an MDMA manufacturer listing the mistakes he make which lead to his arrest; the techniques he used under police interrogation; and advice on how to avoid his fate.

  Cool stuff.

  Update: here is the legal analysis of the paper, mostly saying “this is a terrible idea, never ever do this”.

  legal analysis: https://www.erowid.org/library/periodicals/journals/telr/telr_18.pdf

  H/T: @nc2y source

• 2014-11-01

  Ask me no questions I'll tell you no lies

  Supposedly a good book on anti interrogation techniques. Haven’t read it, can’t say.

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  Read the 302s for Abu Jandal’s interrogation

• 2014-07-08

  Confess! - dominance and submission, how police interrogation works

  Nice looking analysis of the psychology of police interrogation techniques.

• 2014-01-15

  Interrogation Technique Links

  • General introduction and history here
  • Info on the Reid Technique the most commonly taught police interrogation system
  • A nice book on police interrogation