However, a common problem with all of these techniques is that the method of interrogation can greatly affect outcome, so careful experimental design must be implemented; stiffness values are typically calculated as a function of experimental measurements and depend precisely on how and which variables are measured.
According to Ms Kovoleva, it is not only the methods of interrogation used by the KGB which raises questions about the fairness of the men's trial.
A democracy as resilient as ours must reject the false choice between our security and our ideals, and that is why these methods of interrogation are already a thing of the past.
The authors record this line from the detectives who interrogated him: "This man is a very good liar, who will need a long continuous interrogation, an intelligent gentleman, well instructed in the methods of interrogation".
A democracy as resilient as ours must reject the false choice between our security and our ideals, and that is why these methods of interrogation are already and thing of the past".
This method of testing enables the interrogation and comparison of outputs when specific points are irradiated along these distributed sensors.
When you add to this a party committed to the use of military force as almost a first option, and to torture as a legal method of interrogation, it is irresponsible not to worry about where this is headed".
"Their method of interrogation is a guilt-presumptive process," Kassin says.
He is said to frown on torture as a method of interrogation.
Jack Bauer in 24 has already pioneered the iron fist in a titanium glove approach, torturing suspects with whatever happens to be at hand, including candles, cloths or chainsaws - a kind of MacGyver meets Hostel method of interrogation.
I wonder if today's Russians still marvel at America in the same way, an America that cannot clearly renounce torture as an acceptable method of interrogation and sanctions secret spying on anyone the president considers threatening.
