ANARCHIST
SURVIVAL
GUIDE FOR
UNDERSTANDING
GESTAPO SWINE
INTBRROGATION
MIND GAMES
Subtitle:
STAYING FREE
BY SHUTTING
THE FUCK UP!
ONER
HAROLD H. THOMPSON1
‘The primary thought you must have firmly in your
rind, keep in your mind's foreroni, when questoned by
palce is if they, your police interogalars, possessed a sold,
aifight, open and shut case against you they would nat be
bothering to question you at al. When you are approached
reuse to be questioned end immediately demand an
atomey be present to advise you of your consitaiona ight
belore any questioning iakes pace. In an ideal wold, ane by
ol estabizhed fa, this point al quostoring is supposed
to stop but that does not always happen aa “clever” plays
ate sed by paleo to got yous voluntoar fot questioning or
be fortheoming with information that rarely benefts you, a
Suspect bU furthers the goal of thar investigation, Never
answer any questions, no matter haw innocent they sound,
aller you have invoked your right to an attomey. Do not
respord to any "question no matter how fucking tomped oF
how harmless. you think it to bel Whan read the, Miranda
rights you was told anything you say ean and wil be used
agains} you in a court of law and thal is pracisaly what i
means! Anything you might say of even a microscepic
incriminating nalute will be rterpreted as a malor admission
by creative minds which can end wil be used agains! you
‘You can take that fac othe bank
Police interrogators arerit your fiends! Der't provide
thom with anything to use against you, only provide your
basic statistical personal information auch as name, Age,
‘address, birtay and social socurty! They're your enemy i
‘questioning youl Volunteer nothing! Ether you area
suspect, fronds or comrades are suspects or they are
attempting to gather information to be used against you or
‘your associatas inthe future. Your best inerbats, You as &
‘parson, is the last thing on their minds. Theyte merely
performing thoir goverment job. Dont allow yourself to
become fighiened or worse stil to be lled into a false
‘sense of securiy. If they assaut you can practice the
popular American martial art of Sue" Polly ison to their
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what you went but | dt do it!" is, in all proba, guilty.
THERE ARE AS MANY VARIATIONS _ OF
INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES AS THERE ARE COPS!
THOSE PREVIOUSLY LISTED ARE MERELY A FEW OF
‘THE MOST POPULAR, THE MOST OFTEN USED ONES.
THE BEST ADVICE | CAN GIVE REGARDING
POLICE INTERROGATION, IF THE ENEMY PERSIST IN
QUESTIONING YOU IN SPiTE OF YOUR REQUEST FOR
AN ATTORNEY, IS TO REMAIN SILENT DURING ALL
‘QUESTIONING AND ANSWER NOTHING ASKED!
DO NOT OFFER INFORMATION, NO MATTER
HOW UNIMPORTANT OR TRIVIAL YOU DEEM IT TO BE,
BECAUSE YOU MAY UNBEKNOWNST BE OFFERING
UP "THE TIDBIT OF INFORMATION WHICH 1S THE
PIECE THAT COMPLETES THE PUZZLE FOR THEM TO.
PROSECUTE YOU OR OTHERS!
NEVER TRY TO FISH FOR INFORMATION AS
POLICE WILL ALWAYS OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION
THAN THEY GIVE! ALWAYS! NEVER FORGET IT!
PLAIN AND SIMPLE, STAY QUIET, MUTE, AND
FREE OR GIVE YOURSELF THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN
YOUR CASE IF BROUGHT TO TRIAL BY USING YOUR,
RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT
| APOLOGIZE TO ALL PIGS EVERYWHERE FOR
DEFAMING YOUR SPECIES BUT I AM A PRODUCT OF
THE SIXTIES WHEN JACK BOOTED. GESTAPO
SNOUTS WITH BADGES WAS CALLED "PIGS? TO,
POLICE EVERYWHERE | “APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
LEAVING MONEY ON YOUR MOTHER'S NIGHTSTAND
WHEN ILEFT BUT | WAS SHORT ON CASH THAT DAY
SO GOT AFREEBIE! YOU MAD? WHY? SHE LIKED IT!
| WISH ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN
STRUGGLE THE BEST OF LUCK! | HOPE | NEVER Si
YOU IN HERE WITH ME! CONFUSION TO OUR
ENEMIES! STAY SILENT! STAY FREE! THEY WiLL
NEVER GET US ALL!13
finaly got to the point where during one of your weakest
momenis, when you was under the extreme pressure, you
‘gave in? ean understand that so tel me about?” Duh!
24,_ With vandalsin, proverty destruction or thett
ceases the inierrogator wil alter to coeroe a suspect into
{an offer of restiuion which isa clear indalor of uit, The
Formal response of an innocent suspect when restitution is
‘mentionad is aloud and clear statement from them they ere
rot goina to pay for something they didnot do or steal. The
response being fshed for fram a gully person is agreement
the agareved individual, party or business should be
reimbursed for their loss followed by a. proclamation the
Suspect dd not have anything to do with whatever it was
Gelaced, destroyed or stolen, The suspect has placed
himselfn the postion of appeating tobe a guity dunca!
25. A suspect is often asked if they are wiling to
take a ‘polygraph Test? Innocent pooplo almost always
age to lake practically any tost immadiaoly to provo thir
inpacence. "gully person Is prone to rotuse alle detactor
test Immadataly or fd excuses to back out of taking it after
ageesing, The truth is few commariias have tis service
avalablo as an investigative tool and are using the only
resource avaiable, a. skilad, common sense interrogation
without aid of electric instiument assistance in their quest
to pin the tal on he donkey. Should you agree to take a
polvaraph examination 99.9% of th time the ctler to provide
the test proves nohing but a smoke screen, abit o ploy to
delermine. your willingness to prove your innocence. A
‘savvy person wil press the issue and demand such atestin
these Groumslaneas, The back pedaling of the euthosty
Figure might even prove amusing to watch fr comic rei in
a stressful situation?
25, Pole investigators know, beyond any doubt,
the suspect who slates something like “Al righ, | wiltell you
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games. Remain slant no maiter how long questioning lasts
and, dont alow yourself to be wore down wih time, a
favoce tactic employed by skiled quesioners. Recogrize
ther games and realze thet societal job function isto lock
you up to clear a case fle that may result in destucton of
your life, making you, your famiy'and loved ones suler,
Somelimes for months ard in the worse scenario for years
Remain silent. Sooner or later they wil give up questing
you altogether. They wil to move on to a weak viled person
‘to manipulate ino prolonged imprisonment
‘There are two logical outcomes to interrogations
When questioning is dane you ae free to leave to join amily,
fonds or comrades within the movernen, a wiser, songer
wiled soldier tested by fre, or you are locked up.'If locked
up, and you kept your mouth shut, as soon as possible and
‘he opportunity prosentsitslfaffer you roquast your one
allowed pone call han call a bal ering compariy of Your
lawyer. Your atomey willbe pleased he'she has a cient who
Femained silo and did not give no statement Because of
your wise sience your afloriey may be able to perio the
‘magic taught inlaw universiies and coleges of law. Your
atiomey may be abla to have the case dismissed in court
later due fo the lack of evidence at preliminary heating Ifyou
‘are charged with a crime! If you have fet the need of
confession other than to a priest hen forget about tack of
evidence dsmissa's. You voluniered so endeavor to enioy
‘your unique incarceration experience, dummy! Should there
be other evidence against you (Opps! Forgot my glaves!
Fingerprints are Hollywood bull sit ight") by choosing fo
remain sient you have expanded your lawyers defense
strategy choices which may win your case in cout in tron
‘of a [ury made up of people of average igiorance. Those of
you who immediately thought ofthe O.- jury, shame on you!
Give up nothing! Give up nobody! Dont let your
‘mouth put ourass in all Relan your rghlst Remember3
‘you have the right not to incriminate yourself! Say rating
‘you or your fends wil rogret later in court wale facing
‘Sern faced judge and anal retentve, ‘rale government
prosecutor!
It you stayed with me fo this int, the folowing wil
bbe some shallow, laughable mind games they may Py to
play on you with al the intensity of a child examining the fret
Insect they oncountor! Remomber the cops talking to you,
capling you to bear your soul, cloar your conscionce, ‘make
‘yourselt foo bottor” by toling thom what happaned because
they “understand” after you do wil laugh in your face, later in
thai locker room how! wit laughter wth each oiher about
how uttery naive and gulite you ae, call you an ignoramus
and various other things, pat each other and themselves on
the back and then pleased wih thelr day's work go hore to
screw ther wile, bayfnend or gifiand and kick their dog, or
vice versa.
[ter the interrogation is over as a just reward for
your cooperation with these hardworking publc sorvants
‘who seive and protect the public, you vil be led away to a
fity barren call reeking with combined odors of sweat, body
waste in quid and sold fom, siale tobacco smoke and
hopelessness with dubious characters as your cell males.
‘You may have to fight to. Keep a food tray, a place lo sit or
sleep it you aren’ immediately baled o.t, you may discover
‘yoursal in a struggle to retain your shoes, shit or jacket
from predatory social prisoners. Remember how you fo
your privacy was violated when a bathroom door was
Accidentally oponed by another pereon on you at home,
fice, workplace, or elsonhere? Wel, prepare yoursell to
feral! al privacy expectation when Nature calls and you
‘must answor tho cal in tho sight, prosanco or wihin arm's
reach of other hapless people!” You may be forced to leam
‘what it means to iteally and figuratively stand your ground
forthe fist ime in your Ife in jal rin prison, You may be
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‘contess fo anyting to elfectvely volunter fo become a jal
‘or prison population statist.
21. An interrogator during a questioning session wait
sometimes at intervals ask a suspect questions about oer
people in_a manner implying correct answers are already
known. One such question would be asking how tong you
have known John Smith rather than if you knew Jabn Sih,
‘Avoiher ploy consists of prefacing a quastion thal does nt
bear diecily an gull or innocence wih an admonishyent 10,
think carey belore you answer the next question. I is
most commeriy used whle the Interrogator shuffs through
papers or while holdng papers, a question is posed and
followed by an express of doubt aller you give an answer
to whatever queston was asked. This type of questioning is
a probe for a siicaion response trom you. Offer nothing
‘whether you think itis already krown or rot and ignore this
‘category of question entirely
22. An interrogator might reler to some nonexistent
pioce of incriminating "evidence" fo seo if tho cuspoct wil
Attempt to oxplan it away. Ifa suspact doos it suggosts gui
fas the guily are concerned about covering their racks and
worry about tho police decoverng incriminating avidence
inadvertonly overlooked at the erme scene. An Innocent
Suspact has no tacks to cover So obviously dees not have
{a spacuiate about the discovery of incriminating evidence.
23. A skilled quostioner may ask if a person being
‘questoned has ever “thought” about commiting the offense
boing investigated or one similar to It you are clue less.
enough to answer such an inquiry your questioner s tkely to
‘show Up in cout to testy about how you bragged or boasted
about thinking of commiting the crime! A resounding reply
Of "Nol is characteristic response of imocent people. It
you allowed yours to sip and answer in the afrmative the
hex logical question wil be something ike “Thinking tke that"
attempt to place thomeolves at tho scene elthor before or
ater a crime has been commited or in close proximity to
whore the crime occurred thoroby diving alls into thoit own
Cofn at future prosecition.
20. Whan facts of a exime are already known by
pole interrogators they wil offen ask about tese known
facts in a casual manner as though the facts was not aready
known by the authors to ratle a suspect's nerves. and
‘make them more vulnerable to aggressive interogation|
techniques. Ths is done in order to create suspicion in
suspect others involved have alteady made a conlession,
‘The volatile emotonal mixture of fea, distrust and suspicion
has tumed friends, lovers, partners. and family members.
against each other. Il injerrogators can it one against
‘anothe fo achieve a confession they will doit wih immense
pleasure, wrecking fendships, causing betrayed trust and
‘destroying familes! Your famly, fiends and you are about
as impocars to ther as discarded tlel tissue! If you realize
is you are Intyeas ahead o fla for presse taco
mind games!
'N. demonstrations where there is even the slightest
‘hance of a cop riot try to always to siay close to trusted
{ends in case you get swooped up by the cops! Trust them
if you ar arrested of you al are rickod! If you are atostod
inthe chaos and contusion ofa cop rit, thy wil krow what
happened and can got you a ball bondsman or atomey while
‘you aro trucked oft fall It you areal busted then there is
‘morale strength in numbers, you can foo resaureas and all
{gt aut of tha can. The old concept oa for one and ono for
all Go Io demonstrations and other direct action activities
‘with your trustee tends, “Take only those tiad and true
tends you ttustcn all act action eparations! When your
‘2851s om th line thon tis the wrong time to test thelr loyally.
Fiaalze the strength of your comrades during questionng,
shutthe fuck up, ste any urge to tak, and defintely dont
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‘forced to defend your sexually, defend yourself against
sential predators of some peopl ara lorcad to ternporarly
switch ‘hair sexual preferences becoming bisexual by
circumstance to survive incarceraton intact. Yel for help?
None is fohcoming except n cases of extreme brutally oF
rmuial combative situalons as those who swore to serve
and protect usually ium a bind eye to prisaners. II you
Confessed 10 police interrogators, aided with the crime
investigation efforts, in an ivited effort to prove you'sel
intellectually superior to those questioning you stuck your
foot in your mouth, you have condemned yoursall with your
‘own words, then you wlnal Hkelinood, not pay the slightest
attention 16 the. foloing word of caution. Once booked,
fingerprinted and slammed in a coll you should not talk about
your ease with thosa around you who may express interost
ih why you are lacked up! Each prisoner ling to liston to
Your tale of woo isa potential treat of showing up in cour 10
{eoity against you as a jihouse informant oF @ cop put in
the call wth you whose sole purpoco was to gain confidence
fand coll a confession! You may bea target so realize this
fact and shut the fuck up! A classic exampie ofthis is years
‘ago in tha early 1980s, a Stala prisoner in Tennessee
named Gary Hartman confdod to @ cell partner, Raymond
Frazier, about a murder in which he was involved. Frazier
{got with another prisoner, Kenneth King, and they, wih the
ald of prison officials, contacted the atomey generals ofce
ard. law enforcemsri, collected a $1,000 reward and
Harman was convicted and sertenced to death, After @
decade pus on death row Hartman's death sentence was
‘verlumed on appeal and he was sentenced to if in prison
‘Just ike during WW and Wl, loose lips sik ships!
Ityou made a statement you may as wel be pleased
with your lousy career, life and heath choices since you
hhave volunteered for atin, however prolonged or bit in
‘your chosen hel by “cooperating” with polce? Not exacty a
Norman Rockwel picture, ist? rofuse to’sugercoat’ this,5
‘ceserigton ofa potential fst confiaent experience hoor
to save your sansivty or calor to your squeamishress. |
‘would ralner shock you to serious thought by spoaking tut
rmolvatad by love for my sincere activist brothers and
‘tors engaged in struggle against the monsters ofthe earth
‘uided by thai hearts and knowledge of what Is right rather
than let you find out the paint hard way and bepn 2
rghtmare which wil rob you of your Ife, of your productive
years, andthe progress you cculd have made during those
forever lost years tothe singge.
GESTAPO STYLE TNTKEROGATION, 101
‘sonsRcr CHRDE: RIOIATHIN FRE
Folowing are some of the mind games the police
play onthe unwary to exact "voluntary" confessions. Know
‘your enemy well, recognize their games. and the many
erations ofthem, as mary and as vatied es personaites of
the accused and their nertogators. Your ably to remain
free may someday well depend on your strength of
character and knowledge ol the laciics used, techniques
employed and. psychological pressures. Each one is
ela toa areepone om the przon on whom fy
41. The interrogator displays confidence in the quit of
the euspect with an ar of "Convinge me atharie?”
2, The questioner ponte out somo, but by no
‘means all, of tho circumstantial evidence indicative of
subject's gull Ths isa vatiaton of “I know more than | am
‘saying and you are fucked if your story does not match what
know.” More often than not they know zip, nothing, and so
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futher explanation as it has been pottayed ad nauseam in
cheap B-Grade gangster movies for decades, This isa tied
and tue, timewom, method of obtaining confessions which
few accused shoud logically fall for but many do in the
ctiminal world due to distrust of their assocalos. With
poltcaly motivated suspacts divida and conquer ploys
have much smalor sueceso rato tu ot somtimes
17. Interrogator wil seek admissions of knowledge
of a orimo boing invastgated by asking ta suspect knows,
Suy" they -ate being questioned. A grevous error Is
commited whan a suspect volunteers informatcn of any
knowiedge of a cme providing detals which he/she could
only possess if that person commited the cima or was
resent when it was committed, Admission of such
knowledge aids investigation efforts as the inercogator is
aware the subject of questioning is ether the perpetrator 0
‘he crime, was complest nthe commission of tw. crime or
is'a wines. Tha bast advice is volunteer nothing and
remain mute except for required personal identity,
Ifa, Protas of acane oy cre ope @
joque wih questoners, often proving countorproducive to
the interest of he accused.
18. ‘The interrogator begins a questioning session
by asking a. subject fo relate al halshe knows about tho
vigim and other possible suspects leacng up to questions
about the actual” incdendotfonseicrime. It ofan proves,
alffcut for most subjects of questioning to stop taking once
they have started than to never stat taking in to fst place.
Paopleanjoy talking and trying to Impress others with what
they know en any subject.
19, Silled intortogators wal attempt to obiain