FPTV: How to Break a Terrorist
How do you make a terrorist talk? Veteran FBI interrogator Jack Cloonan has broken some of al Qaedas toughest operatives. In this special interview with FP, he shares some of his methods for making a terrorist tell all.
In the first video below, Cloonan explains that theres more than one way to make a terrorist cry:
In the first video below, Cloonan explains that theres more than one way to make a terrorist cry:
But what about the worst of the worst? And what about a ticking time bomb? If a terrorist has information that could save innocent lives, isnt it time to take the gloves off?
Watch Cloonans response:
Jack Cloonan spent 25 years as an FBI special agent and interrogated members of al Qaeda during the late 1990s. He is now president of Clayton Consultants, a global risk and crisis management company.
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