FBI mind attack: the super psychological tactics of the US federal police

Chapter 21 Start with Side Branches, Detour to Find Holes——FBI’s Detour Attacking the Opponent’s Psychological Strategy (3)
As we all know, the psychological strategy of doing tricks has been around for a long time, and there are not a few people who have used this trick to achieve success in history.But in modern times, it is undoubtedly the FBI that has used this tactic most widely and with the greatest success.So, let's take a look at how the FBI uses this psychological strategy.

(1) Finding out the other party's psychological intention is the key.

To use tricks, you must first know what "tricks" others are using, and if you don't know how to use other people's tricks to "trick" others.In other words, if you didn't even figure out the other party's psychological intentions before starting to lay out, then who exactly is your game for?Therefore, when planning, you must first find out the other party's psychological intentions.

Tony Simmons, a senior agent of the FBI, said: "I will be very careful when exploring the psychological intentions of criminal suspects. A word or an action may increase the vigilance of the other party and increase the difficulty of interrogation. Let his thinking no longer follow your thinking." It can be said that when exploring the other party's psychological intentions, the most important thing is not to let the other party notice it. "difficulty, or directly lead to the failure of the target strategy to be realized.

(2) Don't startle the enemy, let alone expose your intentions.

People who can become your opponents will definitely not have a much lower IQ than you, so don't look at others too stupid - when exploring the other party's intentions, you must not startle the enemy, and more importantly, you must not expose your own intention.Because when you test others, others are often testing you.

Tony Simmons, a senior agent of the FBI, said: "My intentions are always hidden in the deepest part. I will not let them know my intentions. Once they know my intentions, they will definitely hide more truths." As Tony Simmons said, if we inadvertently reveal our intentions in the process of playing with our opponents, it may be someone else who implements tricks.Therefore, in the process of scheming, don't startle the enemy, let alone reveal your intentions.Because this is the key point to implement this strategy.

(3) The rings are tightly fastened, and no flaws can be exposed.

Raymond, a psychologist with the FBI, said: "When you are trying to guide others to do something according to your own thinking, it is best to design a very cohesive plan and not give others a chance to notice."

In the process of implementing the plan, the overall development framework should be designed from the beginning, and in the process of implementation, it should be adaptable and closely linked without revealing any flaws.Because only in this way can we achieve our goals.Of course, in this process, the target result should also be adjusted according to the change of the situation-simply sticking to a set target result may not be achieved in the end.

5. Use the things the other party is interested in as your own psychological offensive strategy
Senior Police Officer Shekman Henry of the FBI said: "As long as the suspects are interested in topics, they will say a few more words, and what they say often contains a lot of opportunities to solve the case." , Using the things the other party is interested in as their own psychological offensive strategy, countless people have used it, and it is "a hundred times tried and tested".

Simon Chalk, a professor of psychology at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, once did such an experiment-he gave ten people each a 10-yuan pound, and then asked them to buy things to see who bought the most valuable things.The result is that among the ten people, none of the people bought something that was actually worth more than £10, but everyone was very satisfied with what they bought, because they all bought something they liked.From this, Simon Chauk came to the conclusion that people have the worst resistance to damage in front of the things they are interested in.Therefore, when we need to achieve a certain goal in the competition, we might as well "follow what we like" and paralyze the opponent with the things that the opponent is most interested in, so as to achieve our goal smoothly.

In February 2010, the FBI announced the capture of Russian spy Anna Chapman.After arresting Chapman, the FBI agent in charge of surveillance exclaimed: "Chapman is so sophisticated, it's incredible that he didn't show any clues during the six months of being under high surveillance by the FBI."

In order to let Chapman show his flaws, the FBI specially set up a "bureau".The FBI first sent an agent pretending to be a real estate agent to contact Chapman, because Chapman's public identity in the United States was the head of a real estate website.Obviously, the purpose of the FBI is very clear, that is to use the things Chapman is most interested in as "bait", so as to successfully open the gap and find Chapman's criminal evidence.

But to the surprise of the FBI, Chapman was not at all interested in the "real estate agent" sent by the FBI.In the end, the FBI came to the conclusion that Chapman was a highly trained agent.

One trick failed, but the FBI still decided to continue using this trick.It's just that, when using this trick for the second time, the FBI chose to change people-they sent a male agent to pretend to be a Russian official abroad.From the perspective of the FBI, as a special agent, Chapman could not be "cold" with her superior, and this superior also brought her a new task that she was very interested in.

Sure enough, as expected by the FBI, Chapman was very excited after hearing about the new mission. He immediately called the "pseudo-boss" and asked to meet at a restaurant in the center of Manhattan, New York. After connecting with Chapman, the FBI agent gave Chapman a fake passport and asked him to give it to another female spy.

After Chapman got the task he was interested in, he immediately bought a mobile phone under a false name and address, ready to carry out the operation.And none of this escaped the eyes of the FBI. Before Chapman could carry out his activities, the FBI immediately took the action of "closing the net" and successfully captured Chapman.

From this incident, we can see that one of the most critical factors for the FBI to successfully capture Chapman is that it found Chapman's fatal "weakness".So, they pretended to give Chapman a task that she was interested in, and finally let her be exposed in the process of carrying out the task.

It can be said that the things that everyone is interested in are their "death spot".In the competition, we can completely use the way we like, and use the things the other party is interested in to induce the other party's thinking to follow our thinking development, so that we can better manipulate the other party's thinking and achieve our own goals.

From this point of view, using the other party's interests as one's own psychological offensive strategy is undoubtedly a powerful way for people to win the competition.However, there are still many links in the process of using this method that need to be mastered slowly. If you do not grasp it well, you will have the opposite effect.So, let's take a look at how FBI officers use this method:
(1) Find out what the other person is most interested in.

Tai Sidu, a senior agent of the FBI, said: "Don't rush to the interrogation. The first thing to do is to know what the suspect likes best. Because the vast majority of criminal suspects do not get what they like most. We only take risks when we are interested in things, and this key factor is very helpful for us to solve the case."

Finding what the opponent is most interested in in the competition is a key point for us to successfully control the opponent's psychology.Regarding how to find out what competitors are most interested in, the FBI believes that it can be done from the following aspects:
① Find out what the research object is interested in from the growth environment of the research object.

The world-renowned psychology master Simon once said: "What kind of hobbies a person has, his growth environment almost plays a decisive role." In the process of a person's growth, what kind of people around him have What kind of experience determines his hobbies.For example, a child born in a cultured family may be very fond of literature and art because of the influence of the cultural atmosphere in the family during his growth; a child born in a slum may come into contact with a lot of There will be a certain amount of violence in his body, so he may have a certain morbid preference for crime in his subconscious.From this point of view, from understanding the growth environment of competitors, we can roughly know what they like and which aspects they are more interested in, so as to find out what they are interested in as a "weapon" to manipulate their psychology.

② From the living habits of the research subjects, find out what they are most interested in.

Raymond, a psychologist with the FBI, said: "Everyone's living habits are like a projector, which clearly reflects a person's true face. What he likes and what he doesn't like are all reflected To the fullest."

In life, a person is always dominated by his own habits.Therefore, if we want to know what our competitors are most interested in, we should observe their living habits and find out their favorite things, so as to use the things they like to manipulate their psychology, and then successfully achieve their own goals. The goal.

(2) Use the things that the other party is interested in as the purpose of your own psychological offensive strategy - to grasp the other party's addiction psychology.

Raymond, an FBI psychologist, said: "You can talk to the suspect well, which is a kind of success, but just getting this kind of success shows that you are not a good investigator, because you haven't found the suspect yet. Let him bring up the topic of obsessive psychology, anyone in the state of obsessive mentality is the time when the defense is weakest."

For most people, it is not very difficult to find out what others are most interested in, but it is definitely very difficult to grasp the obsessive psychology of the other party.However, for the FBI police officers, it is actually a very simple matter to grasp the addicted psychology of the other party.Let's take a look at how FBI officers grasp other people's addiction:

① Actively use the things that the other party is interested in to stimulate the other party, and let his attention focus on the things that interest him most, not the most important things.

In order to let the suspect relax under a high level of alertness, FBI officers will always talk to the suspect as much as possible about the things they are most interested in.For example, in the interrogation of the FBI, the police officer usually does not directly cut into the topic at the beginning, but first tells a joke to the criminal suspect and chats for a few days to let his spirit gradually relax, and then Start to cut to the chase and interrogate the criminal process.Moreover, during the entire interrogation process, FBI officers paid great attention to allowing the suspect to disclose criminal information from the things he was interested in as much as possible, so as to effectively grasp the facts of his crime.

Therefore, in the process of competition, we should also learn from the police officers of the FBI, and try to use the things that competitors are most interested in to distract them, so that they do not pay too much attention to the focus of the competition between the two sides, so that When the other party is slack, slowly let him indulge in the things he is most interested in, so that we can get more opportunities to achieve our goals.

② Take the initiative to show weakness, completely eliminate the opponent's defensive psychology, and let him gradually fall into the sinking psychology.

Everyone has self-control, so when faced with their favorite and most important things, most people will unswervingly choose the latter.For this phenomenon, the world-renowned psychologist Eckel explained: "Because everyone is afraid of the surrounding environment from the bottom of their hearts, they will be affected by crisis awareness when doing everything. , so people always pick the most important thing to do.”

In the competition, in order to completely eliminate the opponent’s alertness, we can adopt the method of actively showing weakness-actively showing weakness can effectively reduce the competitor’s crisis awareness, let them gradually develop a sense of security, and gradually eliminate the alertness , and eventually become addicted to the things they are interested in little by little, thus becoming the "prey" in our hands.

6. When facing opponents, the FBI uses emotional investment in exchange for returns
The late psychology master Alfred Adler (Alfred Adler) once said: "Everyone is a pet of affection. The more affection they get, the more they hope to get more affection. When people are pets with too much affection, I can become gentle, kind, and willing to share the world with everyone.” In fact, everyone hopes to gain the affection that others give to them, because obtaining affection is the best way for human beings with rich emotions. s return.

Holskin Albert, a psychologist of the FBI, said: "When you regard criminal suspects as friends and are willing to communicate with them, they will seldom reject you. Because every criminal They are all emotionally frustrated in one aspect, and when you face setbacks with them, they will always choose to open the door of their hearts to you."

In the FBI, almost every employee will take their colleagues, friends and criminal suspects seriously, because they feel that as long as they treat others well enough, others will treat them well.In the criminal interrogation of the FBI, police officers rarely use torture to extract confessions. Instead, like a psychiatrist, they will open the "heart door" of criminals step by step, allowing them to confess the facts of the crime in the process of confession. Clearly.

When facing opponents in competition, we don't necessarily have to use the most intense competitive method to defeat them, but we should definitely have the awareness of cooperating with them.Cooperate in competition and compete in cooperation. This is the most effective way to maximize benefits.Because in such a competitive contemporary society, it is far better to have one more friend than one more opponent.Therefore, we can learn from the FBI-to use emotional investment in exchange for returns, and turn competitors into partners.

In the 80s, the Soviet Union sent a group of agents to sneak into the United States.On the second day after these agents sneaked into the United States, the FBI obtained the lurking list through "informants" in Moscow, so they quickly captured all these agents.However, the lucky indent Vikov escaped.

In fact, the most important reason why Contract Vikov was able to escape was not because of his strong escape ability, but because the FBI deliberately let him "escape".At that time, Contract Vikov, who was not captured, escaped to the Russian embassy smoothly. If nothing happens, he will return to Moscow smoothly.

When Devikov arrived at the Russian embassy, ​​he was immediately protected, and the person in charge of his safety and return to Moscow was Nil Nenova.Neil Nenova is a very beautiful woman. She is a senior agent of the KGB, but her real identity is an undercover agent placed in the Russian embassy after the FBI instigated rebellion.

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