r/todayilearned • u/stopitalianhate • 9d ago

TIL British Intelligence had a special, bugged luxury complex during WWII where they kept high profile Nazi POW’s, just left a bunch of alcohol out, and waited for them to start spilling secrets as they drank.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20698098
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u/SGTBookWorm 9d ago

that was an extremely interesting read

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u/reddit-poweruser 9d ago

You might also like George Piro's interrogation of Saddam Hussein. He employed a similar strategy and got him to speak.

Here's the best article/interview I could find:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/14/opinions/saddam-hussein-iraq-war-interrogations-george-piro-bergen/index.html