Free Never Be Lied to Again by David J. Lieberman

access to the house. Since you still have a key, they're going to want to speak with you. Just routine stuff, I'm sure. Of course you're not a suspect.
    Ex-GlRLFRIEND: But I don't know anything about it.
    WINSTON: Oh, I know. Just policy, I guess. Anyway, one of my neighbors said that she got a partial license-plate number on a car that was by my house that day.
    Ex-GIRLFRIEND: {After a long pause) Well, I was driving around your neighbourhood that day. I stopped by to see if you were home. But when you weren't, I just left.
    So far she has effectively explained her presence there that day. But in doing so she has established either an un-canny coincidence or her guilt. Had she been innocent, she would have had no reason to pursue this line of conversation. He then introduces more evidence.
    WINSTON: Oh, really? Well, they did a fingerprint test too.
    That should show something. Ex: What
    test? WINSTON: Oh, they dusted for prints and
    …
    At this point she said that the police might pick up her prints, since she had been there previously. Although by now he knew she
    was involved, it wasn't until about ten minutes later that she broke down and confessed—at first to just being in the house and then later to taking the jewellery.
    Stage 2. Inform non-accusatorily. Casually inform your suspect of the situation.
    Stage 3. Introduce evidence to be rebutted. As you introduce the evidence, look to see if every one of your statements are met by explanations from him as to how the evidence could be misunderstood. For example, let's say that you suspect that your co-worker had shredded some of your files in hopes of beating you out for a promotion. You would first set the stage by letting him know that you can't find some important files. And then you say something like,
    "Well, it's a good thing my new secretary noticed someone by the shredder the other day. She said she recognized his face but didn't know his name." At this point see if he offers up a reason as to why he would be mistaken for the "real culprit." He might tell you that he was there shredding some of his own documents. An innocent person would not feel the need to explain in order to avert the possibility that he might be wrongly accused.
    If you don't get the answer you're looking for, continue to the next stage.

    Stage 4. Continue. Continue with more facts that the person can try to explain away. But in actuality, as soon as he starts to talk about why the situation might "look that way," you know you have him.
    If you don't get the answer you're looking for, continue to phase three.
    ATTACK S E Q U E N C E 6
    Outrageous Accusations
    In this sequence you accuse the person of everything and anything under the sun. By accusing him of doing every possible thing wrong, you will get a confession concerning what he has really done—which to him at this point is no big deal, considering all that you're accusing him of.
    Stage 1. Accuse him of everything. In a very fed-up manner accuse him of doing every imaginable dishonest and disloyal act.
    Stage 2. Introduce the suspicion. Now you introduce the one thing that you feel he really has done, and in an attempt to clear himself of the other charges, he will offer an explanation for his one slip-up. He will of course naturally profess total innocence of the other accusations.
    Phrase it as such: "I mean, it's not like you just [whatever you suspect him of doing], that would be fine. But all these other things are unspeakable."
    You might get a response like "No, I just stole that one file because of the pressure to get the job done, but I would never sell trade secrets!" The only way to prove his innocence to all of your outrageous accusations is to explain why he did what you really suspect him of doing.
    If you don't get the answer you're looking for, continue to phase three.
    Stage 3. Step in closer. This increases anxiety in the guilty. The movement makes him feel he's being closed in on. If you don't get the answer you