Well, that's known as failure to answer the question, and it's a red flag when it comes to deception.

This does not mean that Tom Brady is a cheater, but he should have answered, I had nothing to do with deflating the footballs if he didn't. Instead, he says, I would never cheat. So there's like a rationalization going on here. I mentioned my work doing kind of intelligence gathering in the corporate world.

Well, let me see how I can put this right now.

I've been sort of an auxiliary member of a legal team dealing with an extortion. kind of intelligence gathering in the corporate world. Well, let me see how I can put this right now.

I've been sort of an auxiliary member of a legal team dealing with an extortion case.

And I called up one of the people that might be involved. And that person was frightened.

And he was saying things about, I swear I didn't do this. I swear I didn't do that.

Invoking oaths is another red flag when it comes to

detecting deception. If you're innocent, you just say, no, I had nothing to do with that. Once it gets

like that mafia thing, I swear on my eyes of my children or something, why so dramatic? People who are

telling the truth tend to just be very candid. Now, this guy could legitimately just be scared and he could be exaggerating because

he's so frightened. But it's a red flag where people use that kind of hyperbolic language.

And there's a couple of other red flags in this area as well.

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