The Interrogators : Task Force 500 and America's Secret War against Al Qaeda

Reading this almost a decade after the anonymous author described his 3 months questioning the first prisoners captured after the US entered Afghanistan, with a background of what went on at GITMO the entire prison situation begins to fall into place.

There is an excellent paragraph on page 172 that explains why prisoners from so many different countries were captured. It appears that the Talban was not only host to Al Quade, but to other rebels who hoped to overthrow their own governments.

"Vighurs, North Africans, Indonesians, Filipnos. " Before the attacks in September the TGaliban were coming under pressure frtom the West ab out allwing training camps in their own countries. The Taliban at first ignored the demands but eventually show more started to restrict operatgions at camps across the country. Finally in the spring of 2001 the ruling council run by Mullah Omar made the decision to ban all terrorist organizasiont except Al Queda.

On another level this is an excellent career book for any young person planning to pursue military or civil interrogation as a future job. The author explains how his father steered him into this choice of army speciality, and describes his training, first at language schools then in a specialized setting in Arizona.

There is a well organized Appendix on interrogating approaches. show less

An interesting read; more interesting still when I read the story of the teenager detainee from Indonesia. Although I do not know about the accuracy of the events depicted.

Memoir of seven months working in a military prisoner interrogation unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Discusses Abu Ghraib. Author went on to supervise all theater-wide military interrogations from Bagram Arfield. Appendix p. 479, His recommended 16 interrogating approaches.

the inside story of six American interrogators, thousands of prisioners, and the race for the truth.