Covert interrogation can refer to several
interrogation
Interrogation (also called questioning) is interviewing as commonly employed by law enforcement officers, military personnel, intelligence agencies, organized crime syndicates, and terrorist organizations with the goal of eliciting useful informa ...
techniques.
An example is the
covert questioning of a subject in a neutral public place where people innocuously gather, with the intention of the unsuspecting subject not comprehending that the interrogation is occurring. The covert interrogator may present themselves toward an interrogation subject in a friendly manner, while concealing the ulterior motive of subtly questioning them. In this manner,
law enforcement
Law enforcement is the activity of some members of the government or other social institutions who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by investigating, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms gove ...
and
military
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a d ...
agencies can collect
intelligence
Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. It can be described as t ...
about various
suspect
In law enforcement jargon, a suspect is a known person accused or suspected of committing a crime. Police and reporters in the United States often use the word suspect as a jargon when referring to the perpetrator of the offense (perp in dated U. ...
s, such as criminals and terrorists. Many additional types and techniques of covert interrogation and
surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, many activities, or information for the purpose of information gathering, influencing, managing, or directing. This can include observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment, such as ...
exist, and covert interrogation can occur for other various reasons, and by other types of actors.
The term covert interrogation also refers to interrogation techniques that may be overt in manner, but are hidden
from public, media, governmental, and other types of third-party
oversight, for various reasons.
Devices
When the subject is unaware of it, the
forensic examination of a subject's mobile phone and records is a type of covert interrogation.
This pertains to other devices, such as computers, and modes of communication, such as telephone records.
By country
United States
The United States government has engaged in the covert interrogation, surveillance and deportation of terrorism suspects.
covert interrogation facilities created and maintained by the
CIA have existed.
See also
*
*
*
**
*
*
*
*
*
*
Labor spy
*
Lidar
Lidar (, also LIDAR, an acronym of "light detection and ranging" or "laser imaging, detection, and ranging") is a method for determining ranging, ranges by targeting an object or a surface with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected li ...
(laser radar) – offers potential for covert surveillance
References
Further reading
*
*
*
* {{cite book , last=Pieslak , first=J.R. , title=Sound Targets: American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq War , publisher=Indiana University Press , year=2009 , isbn=978-0-253-35323-8 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=apVrGzAkCtsC&pg=PA202 , page=202
Interrogations