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love to meet each of you. come up and say hello. >> every sunday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern, learn from leading historians about presidents and first ladies their policies and legacies here on the presidency. to check our tv schedule, visit www.c-span.org/history. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> on the martin luther king holiday, we are featuring all-day programming on c-span2 possible tv and c-span3's american history tv. monday morning at 9:30 eastern on book tv, cornell west on six revolutionary african-american leaders and their impact on their own generation and now. at four, vanity fair contributing editor on her life and journalism career. at 9:00, allen west on the importance of preserving the corvallis of family, faith, and
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freedom. on american history tv, monday morning at 8:00 eastern, one he did jones -- juanita jones abernathy. after 2:00, state of the union addresses. at 8:00, historians talk about the history of race relations in ferguson missouri, and examine how policing and the criminal justice system have historically related to racial conflict. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us at the number on your screen. e-mail us, or send us a tweet. >> each week american history tv's reel america brings archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. >> interrogations start with a
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thorough examination of personal effects, the contents of a wallet, a diary, or a map. from that can come valuable grains of truth and as often happens, a prisoner can stub his toe hard on the smallest bit of truth. what largely determines the selection of the interrogation techniques to be used is the subject himself, his temperament, mood, background, age. take this group. this man is a picture of fear. this one defiant. this one is sullen. this man, an officer, showed
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arrogance. this one is depressed, a picture of gloom. the egotist, self dialed mental giant. to an experienced interrogator these aspects of human behavior can prove tremendously important. these characteristics are carefully noted, studied, and remembered to be used as tools in persuading prisoners and suspects to cooperate and reveal information. as part of preliminary planning, the interrogator team has already coordinated with other sections.
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order of battle has provided all available information on the insurgents in the area of operations. there is also the blacklist from counterintelligence, giving the names of persons wanted by the authorities for involvement or possible involvement in the insurgency. additional aids include aerial photographs and maps of the area of operation. and the interrogators' guide a reference book to help formulate particular questions during an interrogation. and now, the interrogations get underway. the first subject is the young frightened prisoner. is it just chance this man is the first to be interrogated? no. the choices deliberate. while experience has taught us that an emotionally disturbed man might be more inclined to talk than others, thus providing military information it can be used in interrogating more obstinate subjects.
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every approach technique used in interrogation calls for an appraisal of the prisoner's mood or temperament. thus because of this prisoner's emotional condition, it is determined by the interrogator that little or no resistance will be offered. he selects the direct approach. no attempt will be made to conceal the purpose of the interrogation. the direct approach. >> can you read a map? >> yes, sir. >> where are you at this moment on the map? show me. show me where you were born. >> here. in this fishing village. >> like fishing? >> yeah. my father is a fisherman. >> i like fishing too. what do you catch on the gulf
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coast? >> swordfish. >> did you work with your father? >> my brother. >> then your brother likes fishing too. >> no, not much. i don't know anything. please. i have no information. >> by repeating questions, a good technique, the interrogator causes the subject to blunder into the truth, bearing out the maxim that it is easier to remember a truth than a lie. and now, the termination phase. that part of every interrogation that must leave the door open for further questioning, ending if possible, on a friendly note. >> that will be all for now. you have been very cooperative. if you think of anything else or find what you have told me is not correct, just notify the guard. you and i can have another talk, ok? >> yes sir.
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>> monday night on "the communicators," we begin a series looking at the newest developments in the technology industry for 2015. we met up with our three guests at this year's consumer electronics show in las vegas. gary schapiro of the consumer electronics association the president and ceo of ford motor company, mark fields, and fcc commissioner michael riley. >> in the sense, solving the problems of the world. if you look at the show, what we're talking about is transportation problems. food production, hunger. you don't even have to be there. you know how much water to use. health care. there's more solutions for health care. use the cloud.
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and in safety. safety in the home, safety of everything. you're taking a lot of problems which perplexed us the last several years, and we're are going to be reducing them in the future. >> is a great opportunity for us as a company to highlight innovation. we are talking about our next-generation connectivity system. we're talking about are semiautonomous vehicle we have on the road today that people can buy. we are talking about a fully autonomous vehicle we are developing for the future. innovation for us is really important. this is a show that encompasses that. >> it is a very challenging task. it's a lot of information together. it's an opportunity to learn different innovations happening in the marketplace and how they will impact my job at the fcc. when i look at television i think of what will that do for
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the new television standard. satellite products or different video products. i get to learn a number of different products that may come to market at some point. >> monday night at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> from 1960 to 1962, the u.s. government aided cuban parents in sending their children to the u.s. in order to escape the rise of the castro regime. next on american history tv, author and professor anita casavantes bradford discusses the legacy of the mission known as operation pedro pan. she explains the differing interpretations of the children's exodus to the u.s. from cuba and how the 2000 custody battle over elian gonzalez reignited debate over operation pedro pan. after her talk, several audience members who came to the u.s. as

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