It is based on lessons learned from previous counterinsurgencies and contemporary operations. This manual applies to the active army, the army national guard army national. Although this report will discuss interrogation tactics that have been roundly. Manuals covering electronic and mechanical products, instructions on mixing or blending items, and instruction sets for software and computer items are all included. Army and marine corps counterinsurgency field manual 2 a counterinsurgency campaign is, as described in this manual, a mix of offensive, defensive, and stability. It provides an authoritative guide for leaders and soldiers, while allowing freedom to adapt to circumstances. Executive order 491 ensuring lawful interrogations. The us army field manual on interrogation, sometimes known by the military nomenclature fm 3452, is a 177page manual describing to military interrogators how to conduct effective interrogations while conforming with us and international law. Although the army field manual contains a number of express and implied. Republicans stop bill to ban waterboarding cbs news. Field manual, fm 216, list and index of war department publications. Counterinsurgency open pdf 14 mb this field manual marine corps warfighting publication establishes doctrine fundamental principles for military operations in a counterinsurgency coin environment. It includes purpose of this chapter is to define the interrogation information on the various levels of. Army s field manual fm 3452 intelligence interrogation which in september 2006 was revised and reissued as fm 222.
An empirical evaluation of intelligencegathering interrogation techniques from the united states army field manual article pdf available in applied cognitive psychology 286 november 2014. Military field manuals contains a vast collection of easily searchable military field manuals, military technical manuals, and other military manuals for the us army, us navy, us marine corps, us air force, us coast guard, and other militaries. Regulation 2536, the doctrine in this field manual is not policy in and of itself, but is a body of thought on how army forces operate. Contrary to obamas promises, the us military still. Army field manuals directives to all governmentwide interrogation efforts. The other 18 are various forms of psychological interrogation. The requirement for us army special forces to conduct interrogation.
Contrary to obamas promises, the us military still permits torture. The field manual was sometimes known by the code fm 3452. The new army field manual issued in september 2006 allayed some concerns about the use of coercive interrogation tactics by the military though not by the central intelligence agency cia. The army field manual in 2006 banned using methods such as waterboarding or sensory deprivation on uncooperative prisoners. Fm 650 tactics, techniques, and procedures for the field artillery cannon battery december 1996. The internet archive manual library is a collection of manuals, instructions, walkthroughs and datasheets for a massive spectrum of items. United states war deptdept of the army tech manual. Fm 640 tactics, techniques, and procedures for field artillery manual cannon gunnery april 1996. Executive order 491 ensuring lawful interrogations the white.
The army field manual department of the army september 2006. Army and cia interrogation manuals are seven controversial military training manuals which were declassified by the pentagon in 1996. Heres what cia interrogators are still allowed to do. The army has recently published a revised field manual, following abu.
Sixteen of the manual s 19 interrogation techniques were covered in the old manual. The bill would require the cia to adhere to the army s field manual on interrogation, which bans waterboarding, mock executions and other harsh. Technical manuals and other war department and department of the army publications were identified in fm 216 list and index of publications title varies. United states army field manuals are published by the united states army s army publishing directorate. Military human intelligence operations and interrogation.
In 2006 the supreme court of the united states determined in. The manuals in question have been referred to by various media sources as the torture manuals. Armys field manual to ciathe army field manual on inter rogations, than it. Army field manuals, war departmentdepartment of the army pamphlets. Basic field manual military police this manual supersedes basic field manual, volume ix, december 31, 1937.
Pdf an empirical evaluation of intelligencegathering. In 1997, two additional cia manuals were declassified in response to a freedom of information act foia request filed by the baltimore sun. Was looking more for techniques for interviewing or interrogation. T he united states army field manual afm on interrogation. Army training network field manuals fm 305 920 2006 army fm 319. Rollercompacted concrete united states army corps of. In 2005 he proposed an amendment to a defense authorization bill requiring that interrogations of all detainees conducted by the u.
They contain detailed information and howtos for procedures important to soldiers serving in the field. At the operational level, ipb identifies the enemys tions. The most recent revision was renamed field manual fm 222. The library of congress through the federal research division provides customized research and analytical services on foreign and domestic topics to united states government and district of. Field manual 3452 headquarters department of the anny. Interrogations must follow army field manual along with the order to shut down the guantanamo detention camp, president obama put a stop to the cias use of extreme interrogation. The purpose of this manual is to provide information and guidance on. Army corps of engineers cecweg washington, dc 20314 manual no. Military human intelligence operations and interrogation field manual, fm 222.
As of 27 july 2007, some 542 field manuals were in use. Only one of which, separation, is an overtly physical tactic. Detainee treatment act of 2005 detainee treatment act of 2005, as included in the department of defense appropriations act, 2006 and agreed to by the us house and senate and signed by president bush, december 30, 2005 incorporating the mccain amendment and the. United states army field manual on interrogation wikialpha. Everyones talking about how the new army interrogation manual is so good about listing prohibited interrogation techniques, and following the geneva conventions. Although on its face the field manual only governs department of the army and certain other dod interrogators, the manual does note that. Although the cias brutal enhanced interrogation techniques have been illegal for almost five years, the. Army releases new interrogation manual article the. In this report veteran military interrogator steven kleinman explains. The purpose of this manual is to provide information and guidance on the use of roller. On the other hand, if an interrogator focuses on building a useful degree of accord with.
Our panelists today have military and interrogation experience, legal familiarity with. The united states army field manual on interrogation instructs military interrogators how to conduct effective interrogations while conforming with u. The army field manual s list contains 19 techniques. The manual gives instructions on a range of issues, such as the structure, planning and management of human intelligence operations, the debriefing of soldiers, and the analysis of known relationships and map data. Fm2223 us army field manual on interrogation as of 2006 09. We strongly support your proposed amendments to the defense department authorization bill concerning detainee policy, including requiring all interrogations of detainees in dod custody to conform to the u. Field manual fm 324 marine corps warfighting publication mcwp 333. Fm 3452 intelligence interrogation military wiki fandom. The army field manual also does not explicitly prohibit stress positions, putting detainees into close confinement or environmental manipulation other than hypothermia and heat injury.