Timeline for Does torture work well as an interrogation technique?
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| Jun 22, 2020 at 5:52 | comment | added | Cotton Headed Ninnymuggins | Very cool indeed, I've always wondered about different information techniques and this is just plain fascinating. | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 9:41 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Dec 14, 2016 at 15:23 | comment | added | ANeves | @Bulwersator I see the stick (threat of torture / Gestapo) only used as a way to initially establish the "good cop" relationship. After that, the information was obtained through carrots exclusively: strolls, meals, visits to comrades in the hospital, etc. | |
| Mar 11, 2016 at 0:19 | comment | added | Muz | I thought it was a great example in that the Nazis would certainly be willing to torture, but chose not to do so because it was less effective. | |
| Oct 17, 2015 at 17:40 | comment | added | Pacerier | @Muz, Good post, but "friend approach" is another topic altogether. Whether or not it works is orthogonal to the effectiveness of torture. | |
| May 26, 2014 at 17:20 | comment | added | Bulwersator | Note that credible threat of torture (Gestapo) was effective. | |
| Mar 8, 2014 at 11:15 | comment | added | Golden Cuy | +1 for using a non-US and non-democratic-country source, though I suspect that the threat of torture counts somewhat as using torture. | |
| Apr 23, 2013 at 17:14 | comment | added | Nathan | Great example of how it's never too late to add another answer. Sounds like Scharff was the master of good cop, bad cop. | |
| Mar 5, 2013 at 9:50 | comment | added | Benjol | Related story, in the other direction: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20698098 | |
| Feb 24, 2013 at 6:14 | history | answered | Muz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |