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Covert interrogation

{{Short description|Interrogation Techniques}}

Covert interrogation can refer to several interrogation techniques. An example is the covert questioning of a subject in a neutral public place where people innocuously gather, with the intention of the unsuspecting subject not comprehending that the interrogation is occurring. The covert interrogator may present themselves toward an interrogation subject in a friendly manner, while concealing the ulterior motive of subtly questioning them. In this manner, law enforcement and military agencies can collect intelligence about various suspects, such as criminals and terrorists. Many additional types and techniques of covert interrogation and surveillance exist, and covert interrogation can occur for other various reasons, and by other types of actors.

The term covert interrogation also refers to interrogation techniques that may be overt in manner, but are hidden from public, media, governmental, and other types of third-party oversight, for various reasons.

Devices

When the subject is unaware of it, the forensic examination of a subject's mobile phone and records is a type of covert interrogation. This pertains to other devices, such as computers, and modes of communication, such as telephone records.

By country

=United States=

The United States government has engaged in the covert interrogation, surveillance and deportation of terrorism suspects.

Black site covert interrogation facilities created and maintained by the CIA have existed.

See also

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  • {{Annotated link |Agent provocateur}}
  • {{Annotated link |Bait (disambiguation)|Baiting}}
  • {{Annotated link |Black project}}
  • {{Annotated link |Black site}}
  • {{Annotated link |Enhanced interrogation techniques}}
  • {{Annotated link |Entrapment}}
  • {{Annotated link |Frameup}}
  • {{Annotated link |Informant}}
  • {{Annotated link |Intelligence assessment}}
  • Labor spy
  • Lidar (laser radar) – offers potential for covert surveillance

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References

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{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JOyIiER0MFoC&q=%22Covert+interrogation%22+in+public | title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress | publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office | work=Volume 114, Part 10 | date=1968 | accessdate=26 March 2015 | pages=12986}}

{{cite book | last=Buckley | first=J. | title=Managing Intelligence: A Guide for Law Enforcement Professionals | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-4665-8642-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7YUAAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA374 | page=374}}

{{cite book | last=Javidi | first=B. | title=Smart Imaging Systems | publisher=SPIE Press | series=Press Monographs | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-8194-3735-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BBqQWkFMXGkC&pg=PA70 | page=70}}

{{cite book | last=Trenear-Harvey | first=G.S. | title=Historical Dictionary of Intelligence Failures | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | series=Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-4422-3274-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DTOaBQAAQBAJ&pg=PAxxii | page=xxii}}

{{cite book | last=Purse | first=L. | title=Contemporary Action Cinema | publisher=Edinburgh University Press | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-7486-8840-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cc9vAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT18}}

{{cite book | last=McCoy | first=A.W. | title=Torture and Impunity: The U.S. Doctrine of Coercive Interrogation | publisher=University of Wisconsin Press | series=Critical Human Rights | year=2012 | isbn=978-0-299-28853-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GBGj4PvBfMEC&pg=PA86 | page=86}}

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Further reading

  • {{cite book | last1=Newburn | first1=T. | last2=Williamson | first2=T. | last3=Wright | first3=A. | title=Handbook of Criminal Investigation | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-136-30823-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DNb6cyzIT5oC&pg=PA127 | page=127}}
  • {{cite book | last1=Cools | first1=M. | last2=Easton | first2=M. | last3=Pauwels | first3=L. | title=EU and International Crime Control: Topical Issues | publisher=Maklu | series=GofS research paper series | year=2010 | isbn=978-90-466-0328-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=elE-GXu6R88C&pg=PA189 | page=189}}
  • {{cite book | last=Bakir | first=V. | title=Sousveillance, Media and Strategic Political Communication: Iraq, USA, UK | publisher=Bloomsbury | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-8264-3009-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g8fogAhxoDYC&pg=PA83 | page=83}}
  • {{cite book | last=Pieslak | first=J.R. | title=Sound Targets: American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq War | publisher=Indiana University Press | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-253-35323-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=apVrGzAkCtsC&pg=PA202 | page=202}}

Category:Interrogations