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Their positions coming in and what could the generals actually say to them that would get them to do what we wanted them to do, provide more money and troops, and support mtma better. >> so was it actual kind of techniques that you had learned or was it more benign, was it just, well, you know, getting a sense of okay, who are these visiting dignitaries and lets try to show them -- lets put the best possible face on things. >> first off, we didnt do it. what i mean by that is, we were pressured ...

Pressure built for us to be able to provide better or more kind of assessment work. so not only what had these people done in the past but, again, what could we do, what could the generals say, what information could we present to them that would get them to provide what they needed at the time. usually it was more troops, more trainers, because we were woefully short. the problem wasnt so much that we were using information to do that. the problem was that you wouldnt want to use a psychologica...

And the congressman, it was simply, how had these people voted in the past, what were their positions coming in and what could the generals actually say to them that would get them to do what we wanted them to do, provide more money and troops, and support mtma better. >> so was it actual kind of techniques that you had learned or was it more benign, was it just, well, you know, getting a sense of okay, who are these visiting dignitaries and lets try to show them -- lets put the best possible fa...