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...well as forcing prisoners to be naked, as happened in the Abu Ghraib prisoner scandal. The Army Field Manual itself is specific; it includes precise instructions on the steps U.S. interrogators are to follow when trying to get information out of detainees, right down to how to establish rapport and when to take advantage of the emotional attachments of a prisoner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Army Field Manual | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

...limits of deceiving a prisoner in the name of getting information: "[The interrogator] may, according to international law, use ruses of war to build rapport with interrogation sources, and this may include posing or "passing himself off" as someone other than a military interrogator. However, the collector must not pose as: A doctor, medic, or any other type of medical personnel; Any member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or its affiliates. Such a ruse is a violation of U.S. treaty obligations; A chaplain or clergyman; A journalist; A member of the U.S. Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Army Field Manual | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

...corps de ballet of lanky, tall flowers, the slight Kuranaga seemed to float among them like a drop of mist. Not every performance was as stunning, however. As the Sugar Plum Fairy, Larissa Ponomarenko was very pretty and precise, but a bit too elusive, and her chilled rapport with Roman Rykine as her Cavalier did not help. Nevertheless, there is something about seeing a glittering pink tutu and satin pink pointe shoes amidst a cornucopia of confections, delicacies, princes, and enchantment that never fails to win one over, no matter one’s age, gender, cynicism, and overall faith...

Author: By Erica A. Sheftman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Classic Holiday Ballet | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

...effectiveness of Lamont’s position will largely depend on her rapport with Smith, said African-American studies Professor J. Lorand Matory, who is leaving for Duke University at the end of the year...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lamont Appointed Diversity Dean | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...tried to belittle their religious beliefs. I'd heard stories from a friend who had been there that some of the 'gators even tried to convert prisoners to Christianity. These approaches rarely yielded results ... My group is among the first to bring a new approach to interrogating detainees. Respect, rapport, hope, cunning, and deception are our tools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Break a Terrorist | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

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