© 2026 WFAE

Mailing Address:
WFAE 90.7
P.O. Box 896890
Charlotte, NC 28289-6890
Tax ID: 56-1803808
90.7 Charlotte 93.7 Southern Pines 90.3 Hickory 106.1 Laurinburg
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Talking To Terrorists: One Interrogator's Story

Matthew Alexander (a pseudonym) led the interrogation team that gathered the intelligence necessary to capture terrorist al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Alexander has co-authored a book, How to Break a Terrorist, in which he explains that it was his team's subtle techniques — not torture or intimidation — that made them so successful.

Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

Tags