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The writer seems to exhibit copious amounts of Stockholm syndrome for his captors. From that standpoint it was a successful intelligence operation on their par
by auiya 7y ago
The writer seems to exhibit copious amounts of Stockholm syndrome for his captors. From that standpoint it was a successful intelligence operation on their part. Iranian intelligence can likely count on him as an asset to answer questions over the phone for them in the future for some time.
- calcifer 7y ago> The writer seems to exhibit copious amounts of Stockholm syndrome for his captors. Or, perhaps, he knows his own feelings better than random commentators on the Internet?
- auiya 7y agoDrawing empathy from the victim is a common technique in interrogations such as this. The victim is wholly unaware it's happening. This is clearly the case here, the author makes no mention of being self-aware of these techniques.