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All deception is based on truth

           A first rule of deception is truth. All deception works within the context of what is true. All deception works within the context of honesty. Deception is the deliberate...
He was a hero once.

Denial – hide the truth

I add two caveats before I go on. Though I address the principals of denial and deception––deception, denial, deceit and misdirection­­––successively, linearity in deception, deception analysis and counter-deception should be,...
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Misdirection

You don't have to fool all of the people all of the time; you just have to fool the right people some of the time. (folk wisdom) On June 18...
Book cover: "Executioner's Son" by Robert E. Townsend.

On the Eve of 2012, Peer Literary Criticism

It is New Year’s Eve 2012 in Madison, Wisconsin.  Yesterday there was an alternating snow-sleet-rain storm in our Lake Wingra microclimate. Today this small world is grey and ice-covered.  Tomorrow...