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I was scared. >> robert is not alone, of course. there are people like him in situations in jails and prisons all around the country who confessed as teenagers to crimes they maybe didn't commit. in fact, to prevent that very thing, police departments and many other countries banned or dispensed years ago was interrogation techniques still used in america. had the murder happened elsewhere, here in the united kingdom, it's probable robert would be for questioning and named as a suspect where it's not the case but the chances he would have been charged or even interviewed for very long. close t...

Investigative interview techniques. when griffiths was a rookie, british interrogation rules were much like they are in the u.s. but, they are not anymore. >> what happened to precipitate these changes in the united kingdom? >> changes really came about through problems. >> reporter: like a national scandal after a series of high profile false confessions, including an arson/murder case eerily similar to robert davis's. >> so, the government of the day instigated a whole review of the way that prisoners were dealt with in custody. >> reporter: the result? a complete overhaul of the system. eve...

>> joining me now, bill gavin, the former assistant director of the fbi in new york during the 1993 world trade center bombing. the prosecutor a few moments ago spoke about trying to identify several suspects from the raid. two dead. others alive. what does that involve, identifying these krid v indivi? let's start with the ones who are alive. >> the ones who are alive of course there will be tr interrogation techniques. they'll be able to do diploma s fingerprints, dna. but the interview techniques will be all-important. and while the french i'm sure have some sophistication in interviewing, ...

Go tack and start from the beginning. the security lapses and try to figure out what happened and what activities these two were doing while they were in the woods, in the cabin, if there were other cabins stole items, hurt people whatever. there's still a lot of investigation. >> matthew, we also heard david sweat is now supposedly speaking to authorities. we were told the plan was to have mitchell drive them to mexico. so what's the incentive here for this killer who's going to spend the rest of his life in jail? what's the incentive for him to cooperate? >> at this point, there's no traditi...

Mission. and the people that developed this intelligence. one of the things i read this morning was that this intelligence became actionable when they started figuring things out through a detainee interview somewhere over four years ago. >> that's right. >> which means it was done under a previous administration. with interview techniques possibly that have been greatly criticized in the past. >> right. >> and the guy is khali shaikh mohammed and the other one is the number three that replaced him, both captured. it was corroborated by a guy that was captured in january but not announced unti...