The Third Degree is the Wrong Temperature
“Look me in the eye and tell me that!” While it’s been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, you can’t always trust them to let you know if the other person is lying. In fact this whole tone puts people on the defensive. In most of the...Well, basically, to tell you the truth, I’m lying to you
People lie because the facts are not on their side. So when they say things like, “basically,” or other qualifying words, or terms like, “when the truth comes out,” they are doing everything they can to avoid the actual truth from coming out....Just Answer the Question Claire!
In a scene from one of my generation’s favorite movies, The Breakfast Club, Molly Ringwald’s character, Claire, is harangued by her fellow students about whether she’s ever had sex. Not wanting to admit the truth she classically avoids the question:...How the CIA tells if you’re lying (and how you can use this technique)
Several years ago the art of reading body language and attempting to detect deception through nonverbal cues started to become popular. I recall ago when I was in England researching Practical Aviation Security, I was at a bookstore in Greenwich (okay no research went...
