Detecting Deception: Counterquestion

This is a series of intel about the specific methods of detecting deception for operatives in close proximity personal communicational scenarios.

Skilled and professional liars prefer to lie only when they need to. As they understand unnecessary lies carry the unnecessary risk of detection.

If conversationally possible, before or instead of answering a question with a necessary lie, they may try to avoid answering the question all together, ignore or change the subject, but not by keeping silent. …