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Interrogation, questioning or interviewing is a common method of obtaining information used by the police, military and intelligence services. Getting someone to confess to a crime or reveal secret information is not a simple task, and the fact that interrogators sometimes end up with confessions from the innocent testifies to their expertise in psychological manipulation. Techniques used in interrogation can range from forming relationship of mutual understanding or trust between the interviewer and the subject to direct torture. Learn more about the various techniques both legal and forbidden used by the law enforcement and intelligence agencies in this book.

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