Dr Vance, a senior biochemist, witnessed an incident of suspected industrial espionage at a high-security research laboratory during a severe evening rainstorm. While leaving her workstation, she heard a sudden, loud hissing sound of pressurized gas from the storage bay. She then saw a figure wearing full hazardous materials (hazmat) protective clothing and a reflective gold visor running towards a dark SUV carrying a metallic canister. The security services plan to use a cognitive interview to gather evidence from Dr Vance.
Discuss how the cognitive interview could be used by investigators to obtain accurate information from Dr Vance about the incident, and evaluate the effectiveness of this approach in her case.
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