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| {{speedydelete|This article is not maintainable in its present form, has not been updated, is incorrect even in out-of-date descriptions, and is largely a tirade on the Bush Administration rather than discussing what is actually in the manual or even referring to it by its correct title. It does not reflect Obama Administration directives. For a more detailed and accurate coverage of the subject, see [[Human-source intelligence]]. This is an Editor Instruction under [[CZ:Article Deletion Policy]], citing "the article is of such low quality (in terms of inaccuracy, bias, poor writing, or whatever) that it would be more efficient to start over than to try to clean up the current one (this also can be achieved by blanking, if one does in fact wish to start over); " | [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 04:27, 11 February 2009 (UTC), Military Editor}}
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| [[Image:Field Manual - Human Intelligence Collector Operations 529 x 352 - lo.jpg|right|thumb|350px|{{#ifexist:Template:Field Manual - Human Intelligence Collector Operations 529 x 352 - lo.jpg/credit|{{Field Manual - Human Intelligence Collector Operations 529 x 352 - lo.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}} General John Kimmons, on September 6th, 2006, when the most recent revision of the DoD most recent Field Manual for interrogators was released.]]
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| The '''United States Army Field Manual on interrogation''' instructs military interrogators how to conduct effective interrogations while conforming with U.S. and international law.
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| The Field Manual was sometimes known by the code '''FM 34-52'''.
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| The most recent revision was renamed
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| '''Field Manual FM 2-22.3, Human Intelligence Collector Operations'''.
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| == Interrogations during the "global war on terror" == et
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| During the American war on terror the [[Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] issued "extended interrogation techniques", that went farther than those authorized in the Army field manual. The extended techniques stimulated debate, both within the Bush administration, and outside it. And various revisions of the extended techniques were issued.
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| Rumsfeld intended the extended techniques to be used only on the captives the United States classified as "[[illegal combatant]]s". But extended interrogation techniques were adopted in [[Iraq]], even though captives there were entitled to protection under the Geneva Conventions. General [[Geoffrey Miller]], who was then the director of interrogation of detainees held in [[Guantanamo Bay]], and some of his staff were sent to Iraq to help transfer their interrogation experience. Military Intelligence troops who had been using extended techniques in [[Afghanistan]], notably Captain [[Carolyn Wood]].
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| General [[Ricardo Sanchez]], the CO of American forces in Iraq, after input from Miller and his team, and from Captain Wood, issued his own set of extended techniques.
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| On [[April 28]], [[2005]] Rumsfeld announced that the Army would be revising the manual. The revised manual would have spelled out more clearly which interrogation techniques were prohibited.
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| On [[July 25]], [[2005]] [[US Senator|Senator]] [[John McCain]] tabled an amendment to the a military spending bill, intended to restrict all US government interrogators from using interrogation techniques not authorized in the Army field manual.
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| On [[October 20]], [[2005]] [[VPOTUS|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] met with McCain to try to convince him to agree that his amendment should only apply to military interrogators. Cheney wanted to continue to allow civilian interrogators, working for US intelligence agencies, to use more extended interrogation techniques. McCain did not agree.
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| ==Plans to revise the manual to allow extended techniques==
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| On [[April 28]], [[2005]] Rumsfeld announced that the Army would be revising the manual. The revised manual would have spelled out more clearly which interrogation techniques were prohibited.
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| On [[December 14]], [[2005]], the [[New York Times]] reported that the Army Field Manual had been rewritten by the Pentagon. Previously, the manual's interrogation techniques section could be read freely on the internet. But the new edition's includes 10 classified pages in the interrogation technique section, leaving the public clueless about what the government considers not to be torture. <ref name=Nytimes051214> [http://http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/14/politics/14detain.html?ei=5088&en=01127d6827875971&ex=1292216400&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1149699906-pw2Tmp6F/7rQnmwhM+avIg New Army Rules May Snarl Talks With McCain on Detainee Issue], ''[[New York Times]]'', [[December 14]] [[2005]] - [http://www.uusc.org/info/article010406.html mirror]</ref>
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| On [[June 5]] [[2006]] the [[Los Angeles Times]] reported that the Pentagon's revisions will remove the proscription against "humiliating and degrading treatment", and other proscriptions from [[wikisource:third geneva convention#article 3|article 3]] of the [[third Geneva Convention]].<ref name=TheJurist060605> [http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/06/geneva-references-omitted-from-revised.php Geneva references omitted from revised Army interrogation manual], ''[[The Jurist]]'', [[June 5]] [[2006]]</ref>
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| <ref name=Latimes060605> [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-torture5jun05,0,7975161.story?track=tottext Army Manual to Skip Geneva Detainee Rule], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', [[June 5]] [[2006]]</ref>
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| The LA Times reports that the State Department has argued against the revisions because of the effect it will have on the world's opinion of the United States.
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| ===Classified addendum===
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| According to the [[New York Times]], unlike previous versions, a draft of the new version of the manual from late 2005 contained a ten page classified addendum.<ref name=NYTimes20051214>
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| | title=New Army Rules May Snarl Talks With McCain on Detainee Issue | |
| | publisher=[[New York Times]]
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| | author=Eric Schmitt
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| | date=December 14, 2005
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| ''[[The Jurist]]'' reported on a draft with classified sections on May 5, 2006.<ref name=TheJurist20060503>
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| | title=Revised Army interrogation manual held up by secrecy concerns
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| | publisher=[[The Jurist]]
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| | author=Jamie Sterling
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| | date=Wednesday, May 03, 2006
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| ==September 6 2006 release==
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| The new version was released on September 6, 2006.<ref name=GlobalSecurity20060906a>
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| | title=Army Publishes New Intelligence Manual
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| | title=New US Army interrogation manual mandates Geneva rules
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| | publisher=[[The Jurist]]
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| | author=Jeannie Shawl
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| | date=Wednesday, September 06, 2006
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| *''The Jurist'' reported that the final version of the manual contained no classified sections.<ref name=TheJurist20060906/>
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| *''The Jurist'' reported that the final version of the manual explicitly reference [[common article 3]] of the [[Geneva Conventions]].<ref name=TheJurist20060906/>
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| *''The Jurist'' reported that the manual applied to all captives of the US military custody, and to all captives of the [[CIA]], in military custody, but it would not apply to captives of the CIA in CIA custody.<ref name=TheJurist20060906/>
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| According to ''The Jurist''<ref name=TheJurist20060906/>:
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| {{quotation|After the US Supreme Court's June ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, however, the Pentagon said that the Geneva Conventions would be applied to all detainees held in US military custody around the world, reversing the Defense Department's policy of classifying detainees as "enemy combatants" outside the protections of Article 3.}}
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| == See also ==
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| *[[detainees in CIA custody]]
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| == Online versions ==
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| *[http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/policy/army/fm/fm34-52/ .html version of FM 34-52], circa [[May 8]], [[1987]]
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| *[http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm34-52.pdf .pdf version of FM 34-52], circa [[September 28]], [[1992]]
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| *[http://www.army.mil/institution/armypublicaffairs/pdf/fm2-22-3.pdf .pdf version of Field Manual FM 2-22.3, "Human Intelligence Collector Operations."], circa [[September 6]], [[2006]] (supercedes Field Manual 34-52.)
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| ==References==
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| == External links ==
| | The entire text of this article has been moved by a Constable to the Discussion page, where it may be freely edited and improved by any Citizen. [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 16:48, 14 February 2009 (UTC) |
| *[http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/media/2005_alerts/etn_0428_manual.htm Torture: Proposed New Army Field Manual Is a First Step but Must Apply to Everyone], ''[[human rights first]]'', [[April 28]], [[2005]]
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| *[http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsCenter.ViewPressRelease&Content_id=1595 Statement of Senator John McCain Amendment on Army Field Manual], [[July 25]], [[2005]]
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| *[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102402051.html Cheney Plan Exempts CIA From Bill Barring Abuse of Detainees], ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[October 25]], [[2005]]
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