National Bureau of Investigation Private Investigation: The Serious Incident Every once in a while a private investigator will be interviewing a witness concerning a serious incident such as a wrongful death, aggravated assault or rape. The witness says or does something that causes the PI, who is most likely a criminal defense investigator, to believe the witness is not a witness at all, but the guilty party. The PI switches to the interrogation mode, but what is that mode? Interrogation experts say that an interrogation should consist of three stages: (1) establish rapport, (2) let the suspect tell the story and (3) challenge the story. In the rapport stage the interrogator engages the suspect in innocent conversation such as asking questions about the suspect's hobbies, interests and so forth. The objectives are to assess the suspect's intelligence and attitude; get the suspect use to talking; and establish a relationship in which the interrogator is the dominant person.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two top House Democrats are questioning whether Michael Flynn failed to report a 2015 trip to the Middle East to federal security clearance investigators, a potential omission that could add to the legal jeopardy President Donald Trump's former national security adviser faces over the truthfulness of his statements to authorities and on government documents WASHINGTON (AP) - Two top House Democrats are questioning whether Michael Flynn failed to report a 2015 trip to the Middle East to federal security clearance investigators, a potential omission that could add to the legal jeopardy President Donald Trump's former national security adviser faces over the truthfulness of his statements to authorities and on government documents. The lawmakers - Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. - said in a letter released Monday that they believe Flynn may have violated federal law by failing to disclose the trip, which they believe involved a propo