Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception

by Philip Houston

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to. —Malcolm Muggeridge

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There is a natural tendency to want to cover over a lie, so if a person’s hand goes in front of her mouth while she’s responding to a question, that’s significant.

In some cultures, the significance of covering the mouth is embarrassment, perhaps, about sex. When this is the case, though, it is likely to be accompanied by giggling.

Understand that when you’re dealing with a situation in which truth matters, literalness becomes very important.

I am reminded by this observation of Adam Schiff's parody - while in committee - of the president's phone call with Ukraine's President Zelensky. If Schiff needed to seem as if he were after the truth, he could ill-afford to misrepresent the truth. There was no room for anything but the literal truth, yet Schiff appeared to steer clear of it.

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As your child begins to talk to you, refrain from reacting, or being judgmental. If you think you may not be able to do that, consider asking another family member or close friend to have the conversation, possibly someone closer to the child’s age.

Watch the interview through a one-way mirror and see if you can spy the lie!

the reliability of the behavioral indicators you observe.

When your child is high, you might not be able tell if they're being honest about their past drug experience.

Start with his last admission first.

How do you know the last drug your child admited to taking actually completes the list?

Sandusky’s statement relates to a legal outcome rather than serving as a denial that he molested the children.

Sandusky appears to recognize the need to be more direct in response to a specific allegation. He therefore simply says, “No.”

A possible criticism of the model is that the appropriate response turns out to condemn a subject as much as an inappropriate one.

there is no microexpression for deception.

Not as such, perhaps, but the "single shoulder shrug" shows a person's lack of confidence in what they are saying and is therefore very close to a deception indicator.