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

Chapter 33 Preemptive strikes and preemptive strikes——The psychological tactics of the FBI's active attack (5)
Another example, in order to crack down on a gangster organization, if you just use conventional methods to investigate, not only will it attract the attention of the other party, but your own life safety will even be difficult to guarantee; When they are "one of their own", they will not be psychologically prepared, and in this way, they can attack the underworld organizations.

(2) Do not prevent the opponent from formulating a plan to commit the crime
The FBI believes that the key to attacking opponents is to attack them psychologically and to catch them by surprise.But before the attack, the opponent must formulate a plan to commit the crime, so that the attack will be more targeted. If the opponent cannot formulate a careful plan to commit the crime, how can we attack it?

For example, if you want to attack a habitual theft criminal, if you attack the habitual criminal before he has implemented his criminal plan, it will not achieve significant results. The FBI believes that in order to effectively crack down on habitual offenders, it is necessary to control the scene of their criminal activities, that is to say, to capture them when they commit crimes.In this way, no matter how cunning a habitual offender is, he has to confess his crimes.

In fact, in essence, only after the habitual offender has formulated a careful criminal plan can the crime proceed.At this time, the police's attack on it can be more deterrent.

(3) Find the right time to take the initiative to attack and "put the opponent to death"

The FBI believes that when it comes to attacking others, it is very important to find the right time to attack them - when the best time for the attack does not come, the effect of the attack will definitely not be obvious; The opponent is "put to death".

For example, when conducting a secret investigation on a criminal suspect, if he is arrested before committing any criminal activities, the reason for arrest is definitely not sufficient; but if the criminal suspect’s criminal evidence is in hand in advance, Attack him when he is about to carry out criminal activities, so that the reasons for arrest can be more sufficient, and at the same time, the resistance of the criminal suspect can be dispelled to the greatest extent.

The above-mentioned techniques are the psychological attack strategies summed up by the FBI through continuous exploration.The FBI once said: "Attacking proactively and grasping the opponent's psychology is an effective way to wipe out the opponent's plan to carry out criminal activities."

8. Quickly seize the opportunity and severely damage the opponent's fragile psychological defense

We all know that the key to winning is to get ahead quickly.Because the first opportunity will not exist for a long time, whoever seizes it first will be closer to success.

The FBI is good at seizing the opportunity in actual combat and quickly seize the opportunity.This will not only give one's own psychological advantage, but also severely damage the opponent's psychology.

For example, when a certain product has not officially flowed into the market, if someone pays attention to the product, all the information dynamics of the product will be controlled by this person.Obviously, in this case, this person can be the first to occupy a dominant position in the market.

For another example, when confronting a cunning opponent, if you can quickly occupy an environment that is favorable to you, you can take the initiative to a certain extent, and the probability of winning will obviously be much higher.

Wells Bond is an experienced FBI. From the first day he entered the FBI, he has been exposed to psychological tactics.Judging from his many years of experience, when playing games with opponents, it is difficult to win without mastering certain psychological attacking skills.If you want to win, you must seize the opportunity, and then attack the opponent's psychological defense until it hits the psychological defense severely.

Such a thing happened on the Nimitz aircraft carrier of the United States:

On a hot afternoon, the soldiers on the aircraft carrier were taking a lunch break.Suddenly, a soldier with "US 108th Airborne Division" on his armband was so emotional that he put a gun to the head of a cook.This incident was seen by Wells Bond who happened to be passing by, and he realized that something might have happened to this person.In order to appease the soldier's emotions, Wells Bond asked the soldier: "My friend, what's wrong with you?"

"I hate it here, I hate making unnecessary sacrifices!" the soldier said emotionally.

"What difficulties have you encountered?" Wells Bond asked with concern.

"It's all the damn war in Afghanistan! I lost the chance to reunite with my family!" the soldier roared.

From a few short conversations, Wells Bond learned that this soldier was very resistant to war, so he did the hostage-taking thing.In order to stop the soldier's behavior, Wells Bond believes that psychological counseling must be done to make him put down his weapon obediently.

Thus, a psychological war against the soldiers began.Wells Bond distracts the soldier by constantly asking him questions during his conversation.After an hour of persuasion, Wells Bond found that the soldier's emotions had eased, so he quickly seized this opportunity and continued to say to the soldier: "Your family is proud of you, because they know you are a man. Responsible and caring people, and at the same time they love you very much." After saying these words, the soldier sobbed, and Wells Bond continued: "Although you may have encountered something that you are not satisfied with at the moment. things, but these things don't last long and if you try to solve the problem in such an extreme way, then your family will be very sad."

When Wells Bond finished these words, the soldier burst into tears and dropped his gun.It can be seen that it was Wells Bond who managed to break through his fragile psychological defense through psychological counseling, thus avoiding a tragedy.

In fact, the FBI encounters similar cases every day. When encountering such cases, the FBI will mostly take it calmly, and from them they have also summarized the following methods:

(1) Take comforting the opponent's emotions as the top priority

The FBI believes that in order to understand the opponent's psychology, it must first appease its emotions.For example, when confronting an emotional opponent, if you don't appease the opponent's emotions, you may stimulate the opponent and lose the opportunity to continue communicating with him.In this way, it is naturally impossible to talk about reading people's hearts.

And if you can give the other person a certain degree of comfort when they are emotional, then this person will not only be grateful to you, but also willing to tell you about the problems or ideas they have encountered.In this way, you can launch an attack strategy based on the opponent's psychological characteristics.

(2) Find the psychologically vulnerable side of the opponent

The FBI believes that everyone has a vulnerable side in their hearts, but some people are good at disguising it.It is undeniable that there are subtleties and fragility hidden deep in everyone's heart, which may be human nature.And once the vulnerable side is revealed, then the person's psychological defense is about to be breached.

The FBI had such a classic dialogue with its opponents in actual combat:

"I want to take revenge, and I must not let them go!"

"Did they hurt you?"

"They didn't show me any mercy at all, and they satirized me everywhere. Who can endure this kind of situation endlessly?"

"So you want to use revenge to solve the problem?"

"That's right, I just want to let them know how powerful I am by taking revenge on them!"

"Have you considered your family's feelings in doing this?" As soon as the words came out, the opponent fell into deep thought.

"It is their fault that they hurt you, but you must not use revenge to solve the problem. If you do this, not only will you be punished by the law, but your family will feel sorry for you."

After hearing these words, the other party lowered his head and immediately decided not to retaliate.

Judging from these conversations, the sentence "your family feels sorry for you" is the most critical language to make the opponent give up revenge. At the same time, this sentence also more clearly shows the psychological vulnerability of the opponent.

(3) Practice the smart eye to seize the opportunity anytime, anywhere
"If you start early, success will come sooner." This is a sentence sent by the FBI.The meaning behind this sentence is: grasping the opportunity quickly is a matter of success or failure.

The FBI believes that the key to successfully confronting an opponent is to grasp the opponent's psychological changes.Even so, if you don't have a pair of insightful eyes to seize the opportunity, then it is impossible to succeed in grasping the changes in the opponent's psychology.

It can be seen from the above content that seizing the opportunity is a homework that the FBI must study carefully, and at the same time, it is also regarded by them as one of the most effective ways to severely damage the opponent's psychology.

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