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Pricipals of deception, or “Rules in a knife fight”

You are traversing a large and dark room.  Dim bulbs glow and extinguish, here and there, without illumination.  There is sound; now loud, now low, its source and direction uncertain,...
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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...
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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...