Field manual fm 3452 no 3452 headquarters department of the army washington. An executive order signed by obama now requires that interrogations of anyone in u. The united states army field manual on interrogation instructs military interrogators how to conduct effective interrogations while conforming with u. Read oct 05 state department rattled by impeachment inquiry revelations.
Prepare for success prepare a tq annex in the unit opord. In viet nam i had to interrogate prisoners on several occasions to get local intel on vcnva activities. The book lays out 19 interrogation techniques permitted by law and prohibits nine categories of others, including waterboarding, used by the. Interrogation and human resource exploitation training manual 1983 were declassified in response to a foia request filed by the baltimore sun in 1994. The army field manuals list contains 19 techniques.
Two component high explosives mixtures and improvised shaped charges. Act had an amendment in it that specifically prohibited the use of any interrogation techniques beyond the army s field manual on interrogation. Army field manual that currently govern the actions of the u. Army s tank automotive research, development and engineering center are cooking up a small military truck concept based on the chevy colorado that uses hydrogen fuel. This study was designed to address some of the gaps in knowledge about interrogations conducted by military interrogators and provide information about methods from their perspectives, based on their experiences. Although this report will discuss interrogation tactics that have been roundly. I strongly support the extension of the provisions of the u. Unveiled at a meeting of the association of the united states army in washington, d.
Retired lieutenant general on trumps new options for. Army and cia interrogation manuals cia manuals the 1983 manual and battalion 316in 1983, the human resource exploitation training manual 1983 methods were used by the u. Colorado fatalities related to military operations in. Watch oct 04 mark shields and ramesh ponnuru on trump, ukraine and quid pro quo. Chevrolet reveals hydrogen fuel cell colorado zh2 at. The army will turn a chevy colorado into a hydrogen. It bans the use of any interrogation technique not listed in the us armys field manual, which was revised in 2006 after the scandal over mistreatment of detainees at abu ghraib in iraq. Army releases new interrogation manual article the. Appendix m authorizes what it calls separation, which involves physically separating. Its provisions were also applied by the other armed services of the united states. If the vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. It is based on lessons learned from previous counterinsurgencies and contemporary operations. What does it feel like to be a military interrogator. But objections from several senators on other field manual issues forced a delay.
At the operational level, ipb identifies the enemys tions. The us army field manual on interrogation, sometimes known by the military nomenclature fm 3452, is a 177page manual describing to military interrogators how to conduct effective interrogations while conforming with us and international law. In new manual, army limits tactics in interrogation the. Chevrolet reveals hydrogen fuel cell colorado zh2 at military expo u. Fm 10023 provides information on enemy material and equipment. These interrogations were field level in the moment and i will not go into techniques but i can say that they make water boarding look lik. The army field manual does allow interrogation methods such as stress positions and sleep deprivation that are cruel. United states army field manual on interrogation wikialpha. The techniques for interrogation were promulgated in army field manuals, such as fm 3452. The detainee directive was due to be released in late april along with the army field manual on interrogation. Chevrolet continues work on zeroemission hydrogen fuel cell tech, and its now providing a justrevealed colorado zh2 fuel cell vehicle to the u. Senate passes bipartisan amendment to prevent torture.
Canadian owners a french language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer or from. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if it is needed while you are on the road. However, there remain concerns that the field manual may fail to prevent the. The field manual was sometimes known by the code fm 3452. August 8, 2006, td blog interview with erik saar as a sergeant in the united states army, erik saar served as an arabic linguist at the american detention facility located at the naval air station at guantanamo bay, cuba, assisting in both interrogations and in routine translations between guards and detainees. Although the army field manual contains a number of express and. The military and general motors collaborated to develop the. The army field manual department of the army september 2006.
Obama may create new interrogation unit for detainees. Bbc news americas the obama approach to interrogation. The army field manual on intelligence interrogation establishes the tactics that can be used during interrogations that are consistent with our obligations under the geneva conventions and the. Barack obama ordered the agency to use the army field manual as its interrogation playbook. Army, marine corps unveil counterinsurgency field manual. Section 327 would require intelligence agents of the u. Counterinsurgency open pdf 14 mb this field manualmarine corps warfighting publication establishes doctrine fundamental principles for military operations in a counterinsurgency coin environment. Military hydrogenpowered chevy colorado zh2 launches. Excessive secrecy undermining obamas human rights achievements. Only one of which, separation, is an overtly physical tactic. Chevrolet colorado fuel cell electric truck made for u. The other 18 are various forms of psychological interrogation.
Army field manual 3015 was in effect from 1945 until its replacement in 1987 by fm 3452. In addition, the team would be asked to devise noncoercive procedures that may differ from the 19 permitted in the army field manual, which include providing rewards for information and playing on a detainees anxiety or other emotions. On the second day of his presidency, barack obama wanted to send a clear message. Fm3452 field manual 3452 headquarters department of the anny washington.
In particular, the committee urged the united states to reconsider whether the techniques authorized in appendix m of the army field manual on human intelligence collector operations fm 222. Constructed in stages starting in 2002, the guantanamo bay detention camp was used to house muslim militants and suspected terrorists. Army has begun testing an extreme offroad version of the chevrolet colorado pickup truck powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. Interrogation techniques revealed by the united states. Fast, who commands the army s intelligence center at fort huachuca, ariz. Interrogations must follow army field manual along with the order to shut down the guantanamo detention camp, president obama put a stop to the cias use of extreme interrogation techniques on. Interrogations must follow army field manual along with the order to shut down the guantanamo detention camp, president obama put a stop to the cias use of extreme interrogation. Intelligence science board 2006 human rights library. The manual gives instructions on a range of issues, such as the structure, planning and management of human intelligence operations, the debriefing of soldiers, and the analysis of known relationships and map data. Fm2223 us army field manual on interrogation as of 2006 09. The most recent revision was renamed field manual fm 222. Died in balad, iraq, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his humvee in baghdad. Our nation has paid a high price in recent decades for the information.
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