A tradecraft guide on detecting deception in the field for practical live use for interpersonal operational scenarios or casual situations.
DETECTING DECEPTION TACTICS
• Listening »
Not just hear what your target is saying but to thoroughly understand and decipher…
• Counterquestion »
A verbal defensive maneuver in the same vein as physical combat counterstrikes…
• Reverse »
Strategically getting a target to explain or repeat the story / event in reverse chronology…
• Asymmetry »
Analyzing the amount of information and level of detail a target provides to deduce deception…
• Substance »
Deception require imagination, creation and convincing – often lacking in substance…
• Vocalics »
Observation of paralinguistic (how words are said) characteristics to detect deception…
• Self-Referential »
The use or lack thereof of pronouns in a target’s speech can correlate to deception…
• Micro Expressions »
Spotting involuntary facial expressions of a target during a deceit to reveal truth…
• Absolutes »
A deceptive person often speaks in absolutes, which can be used as an indicator of lies…
• Tradecraft »
The art of detecting deception is a most crucial skillset component of the covert operative…
These methods of detecting deception on a singular basis is effective but engaging targets with multiple tactics simultaneously / dynamically will have optimal results.