"Through the easy-to-follow instructions and professional anecdotes in Lying and Lie Detection: A CIA Insider's Guide, you'll learn to lie and spot lies from John Kiriakou, a former CIA counterterrorism officer and senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee responsible for the capture of Abu Zubaydah."--Amazon.com.

Clarity of simple lies --The need for simple lies -- Liars in history -- The emergence of the con man -- Theranos and Chernobyl -- The costs of undetected deceit -- Classifications of lies -- Types of liars -- Who lies more? -- The "Science" of body language -- Forensic psychology -- Interrogating deplorable subjects -- Detecting truth when dealing with the occult -- Interrogations, identity and general observations -- Interrogating Saddam Hussein -- Interrogations for national security -- Investigatory techniques and deceptions -- Interrogation techniques for criminal investigations -- Practical interrogation guidance -- Interrogation and investigation failures -- Alternative systems of interrogation -- British interrogation successes -- Technology and interrogation -- The polygraph -- Is the search for truth a fair process?.