Reid Method News Today

This short but extensive piece explores the evolution of interrogation tactics, and the ethical dilemmas involved.

>> weve been to some interviews and interrogation schools, how to get confessions. i went to that one. you still have to talk to people. me and adam work well together and could talk to people. we to make things up as we guy along. >> i did a ten-day one-day seminar. i dont plan ahead of time for what my approach is going to be. i just do it. >> slight favor. >> the heart of the reid method is put somebody in a position in which they are given a choice between two alternatives. they use soft lan...

Pointers here and there. but to be honest with you, i dont plan ahead of time what my approach is going to be. i just do it. >> the baby was running a slight fever. >> the heart of the reid method is to put somebody in a position in which theyre given a choice between two alternatives. one is much worse than the other. so in developing that choice, they do what some people call minimizing. they use soft language. they describe what happened in the least offensive terms. they also will suggest th...

People. me and adam work well together. we go with the flow, make things up as we go along. >> i did a ten-day, one-day seminar years back, you pick up pointers here and there, but to be honest with you, i dont plan ahead of time to what my approach is going to be. i just do it. >> slight fever. >> the heart of the reid method is to put somebody in a position in which they are given a choice between two alternatives. one is much worse than the other. so in developing that choice, they do what so...