Books Quote by Martin Seligman

Because interrogations are intended to coerce confessions, interrogators feel themselves justified in using their coercive means. Consistency regarding the technique is not important; inducing…

— Aldrich Ames

“harsh interrogation techniques.”

— Daniel Byman

The trick to surviving an interrogation is patience. Don't offer up anything. Don't explain. Answer the question and only the question that is asked…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

I wonder, now, about interrogation chambers: why do they think bright light brings the truth out of people? They should try the seduction of…

— Anna Funder

We got valuable information from debriefing of Al Qaeda detainees, and I don't think it's knowable whether interrogation techniques played a role in that.

— Gina Haspel

“judges, for many years, have given police officers encouragement and incentives to engage in all sorts of extraordinary deception when they are interviewing criminal…

— James Duane

While the notion that torture works has been glorified in television shows and movies, the simple truth is this: torture has never been an…

— Jerrold Nadler

“Anyone even remotely suspect was interrogated, because interrogation is by far the most effective method of speedily banishing inappropriate thoughts from the mind.”

— Olli Jalonen

“Interrogation...was the highest art of the inquisitor.”

— Jonathan Kirsch

“An investigator, not an interrogator, is the best lie detector test available. The two, however, do go hand in hand. And being a detective,…

— Bruce A. Borders

Because of 'Line Of Duty's proper adherence to police procedure, by definition we end up doing some very long interrogation scenes which are difficult…

— Adrian Dunbar

It is not an opinion that "enhanced interrogation techniques" are torture. It is a legal fact. And it is also a legal fact that…

— Andrew Sullivan