Pick one of the scenarios below and explain how you would 'get out of it'.
SCENARIO 1
You know your house is bugged. Out of the blue your 12 year old son asks if you are a spy. How do you reply?
Despite your denials, your son doesn't believe you. And he tells you exactly he knows.
SCENARIO 2
You go to a dead-drop to pick up a bag of money a MOSSAD agent has left you in payment for classified documents you have left at another dead drop. When you get there a person is picking up the bag. What do you say ?
SCENARIO 3
It is apartheid South Africa and you a middle aged white woman. You are a member of a 3-person cell working for equal rights. The other two members of your cell are two black men.
One day a friend asks why do you meet with two black men. You say they were asking for directions but your friend says you were
1. talking to them for quite awhile
2. walked away with them into a building
3. seen several times with these men
SCENARIO 4
You have $200,000 in $100 bills hidden in your garage. One day you are shoppping with your 7 year old son. He asks for a toy costing more than $100. Laughing you say, 'no way' . He takes a heap of $100 his pocket and says he will buy the toy himself. What do you say ?
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You get a phone call from the parent of one of your son's classmates. She says her son came home with $500 in $100 notes which he claims he got from your son. What is your response?
REPLY TO AQUMAID
The above scenarios I used in a Espionage workshop at the April 2007 AP Seminars.
SCENARIO 1
Probably best to get your son out of the house first - the place is bugged. If you have a good relationship with him then being open might work but waht if he brags. Perhaps simply listen to what he has to say and then tell him what the consequences would be of spreading false stories that superficially look true. Everyone in the family's life would be ruined.
If he's your stepson and you don't have much attachment to him then Caleb's solution might be tempting to you. [In nature, some animals will get rid of step-chilren].
SCENARIO 2
Would prob. work - Caleb's solution may be tempting if you were well equipped & you were going to get lengthy jail-time if caught.
SCENARIO 3
This particular scenario came from a manual for uncover work by the South African Communist Party. At the height of apartheid a white person merely talking to a black person would look suspicious. If the person didn't know you well you could say the black men were servants. If they did know you well then perhaps your suggestions are all you have to fall back on.
SCENARIO 4
Your solution to part 1 seems sensible unless heaps of people have seen the money. If heaps of people have seen the money, then you might be tempted simply to accuse him of stealing the money from your shop and march him out of the shop angrily.
If you are well known to the people in the shop you could just something like 'you've found a big amount of money - lets go hand it into the police' [& tell him to stop telling lies] - but then if your son is well-known to be trueful
you''ve got a problem there too.
PART 2
You'd have to explain why you had five $100 notes to anyone who wanted to know. Otherwise, Its prob. the approach.
I guess the trick in the above scenarios is to quickly pick a solution to each scenario and act as if it is true.
Nicholas
as if it must be true
See? See?
I wasn't THAT far off, was I?
Signed, Sealed, Pope General Caleb Benedictus XIII, Commander of the IVth Great and now,-thanks-to-the-backstabbing-dungface-russian-tsar--not-so-Bountiful Italian Empire.
Far off what ?
Do you mean shooting everyone? I guess the issue is that simply shooting the person may
- produce unfortunate outcomes you may wish to avoid [ie, killing your
own child]
- escalate the problem into one far worse than the present one
Perhaps the advantage of Aqumaid's solutions is that they don't draw attention to something special happening - hence while people may
at the time be puzzled / suspicious in the long run they're more likely
to forget the strange event occurred ever.
OK
Brian
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Stop doubling messages!
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