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

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

by Chris Mackey (Author), Greg Miller (Contributor), Chris Mackey (Author), Greg Miller (Contributor)

Synopsis

An unprecedented look at the front line of the war against terror: the inside story of five American interrogators, thousands of prisoners, and the race for the truth. More than 3,000 prisoners in the war on terrorism have been captured, held, and interrogated in Afghanistan alone. But no one knows what transpired in those interactions between prisoner and interrogator--until now. In The Interrogators, Chris Mackey, the senior interrogator at Bagram Air Base and in Kandahar, where al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners were first detained and questioned, lifts the curtain. Soldiers specially trained in the art of interrogation went face-to-face with the enemy. These mental and psychological battles were as grueling, dramatic, and important as any in the war on terrorism. We learn how, under Mackey's command, his small group of soldier spies engineered a breakthrough in interrogation strategy, rewriting techniques and tactics grounded in the Cold War. Mackey reveals the tricks of the trade, and we see how his team--four men and one woman--responded to the pressure and the prisoners. By the time Mackey's group was finished, virtually no prisoner went unbroken.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 532
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 12 May 2005

ISBN 10: 0316011533
ISBN 13: 9780316011532

Media Reviews
Highly compelling....A fascinating study of the interrogator's art....For as long as the words Abu Ghraib reverberate around the world, this will remain a timely and important book. It is proof of one of the more engaging qualities of the American character: openness.