Episode Details

When a FlyDubai co-pilot allegedly attacked his captain with a crash axe mid-flight, the jet fell nearly 14,000 feet in under 30 seconds before off-duty pilots landed it in Saudi Arabia. Now Hamam al-Hammami sits in a UAE interrogation room — one shaped by an intelligence relationship with Israel that almost never makes the news. This episode digs into what's confirmed, what's rumor, and what the science of high-value interrogations says actually works. We walk through the HIG's landmark review of 100+ studies, the Cylindrical Model of resistance, active listening and unanticipated questions, and why the calm, subdued questioning style seen in October 7th footage isn't softness — it's method. Then we look at how the UAE's quiet security cooperation with Israel might shape the room where this questioning gets planned. Episode #447785 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/447785