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...Shepherd ticked off and rejected some recently suggested alternatives...
...That prisoners tell all they know because "the average prisoner has nothing of importance to tell." Actually, said Shepherd, vital intelligence comes from "the painstaking creation of a related mosaic of fact created out of fragments of seemingly unimportant information gleaned from the patient questioning of thousands of captives." In effect, any information can help the enemy...
...That prisoners tell anything "already known to the enemy." Shepherd declared that it would be "far beyond the competence of the average prisoner" to be able to tell what the enemy knew. <) That prisoners "offer false information as a means of placating their captors and avoiding punishment." Answered Shepherd: "Established military intelligence techniques of every nation embrace means to recognize and refute deception in any form." He noted that both Colonel...
...Best Safeguard. Based on the experience in Korea, Shepherd decided that "the best safeguard," both for prisoners themselves and for the national interest, is to give no more than name, rank and serial number. He noted nevertheless that in Korea "those seemed to have fared best who talked the least...
...court's verdict and General Shepherd's comment, the Marines became the first of the services to deal with the problems raised by Red torture...