C.I.A. KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation Manual

The Premier Edition of this rare Cold War-era Manual

This 128-page handbook, originally classified Secret, from 1963 was a comprehensive guide for training interrogators in the art of obtaining intelligence from "resistant sources." It was originally obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the Baltimore Sun newspaper in 1997. (The full contents of two seperate versions of the document — declassified 17 years apart — are detailed in this new ebook edition.)

KUBARK — a CIA codename for itself — describes the qualifications of a successful interrogator, specific methods of questioning and reviews the theory of non-coercive and coercive techniques for breaking a prisoner psychologically. It also delves into the use of drugs, hypnosis, and sensory deprivation, as well as other nastier approaches.


Carefully adapted to ebook format, unlike other ebook versions that are poorly formatted, disjointed or contain jumbled junk text, this superior edition contains both acronym and cryptonym lists so you can better understand the 'agency' lingo and code words used for other intelligence groups/agencies/programs mentioned. This edition also clearly denotes the new, declassified in 2014, portions of the manual that were hidden in the original 1997 document release.


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This manual, "KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation" was originally obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the Baltimore Sun newspaper in 1997.