You're Lying: Secrets From an Expert Military Interrogator to Spot the Lies and Get to the Truth

by Lena Sisco

Overview

Worried about being lied to? Let certified military interrogator and Naval Human Intelligence Officer, Lena Sisco show you how to spot a lie!

Lena wrote You're Lying! because no matter what your profession or life circumstances, you need the skills to take control of a situation, detect deception, and reveal the truth. While you probably won't ever have to interrogate a detainee who doesn't want to tell you about an upcoming terrorist attack—as Lena has—You're Lying! will help you deal with that salesperson trying to rip you off, the kid bullying your child who claims innocence, a cheating spouse, or dissembling boss. As the adage says, knowledge is power.

Lena interrogated numerous members of Al Qaeda and the Taliban while stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, then taught those skills to Defense Department personnel for years afterward. Her ability to build rapport, accurately read body language, and employ effective questioning techniques led to numerous successes that saved American lives.

You will also learn her easy-to-follow five-step program on how to accurately detect verbal (both spoken and written) and non-verbal deceptive tells, how to conduct an effective line of questioning, and what to do after you identify the lies we all face every day.

Take the knowledge in You're Lying! and empower yourself.

Don't get fooled again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781601633620
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	04/20/2015
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,093,044
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Lena Sisco is a former military intelligence officer and interrogator who has trained Department of Defense (DoD) personnel in detecting deception, interrogation, tactical questioning, elicitation, counter elicitation, and crosscultural communications since 2003. She is the president and cofounder of The Congruency Group, LLC, and a senior instructor at the Body Language Institute in Washington, D.C. She has appeared on television shows such as Dr. Drew on HLN. She has a BA degree from the University of Rhode Island, and an MA degree from Brown University, and resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Preface 13

Introduction 17

1 You Are Not a Mind Reader: Uncover the Primary Myth About Detecting Deception 21

2 Why Do People Lie? 29

3 The Human Lie Detector Versus the Lie Detector Machine 41

4 My Five-Step Program for Reading Body Language: Be a Body Language Expert; Be a REBLE 53

5 R Is for Relax 57

6 E Is for Establish Rapport: Getting People to Want to Like You 87

7 Personality Preferences: How to Change Yours to Meet Theirs 117

8 B Is for Baseline: Using All Your Senses 127

9 L Is for Look for Deviations: Behavioral Incongruence 135

10 E Is for Extract the Truth: Verbal Tells 167

11 Your Toolkit for Reading Body Language 205

Afterword 213

Index 217

About the Author 223