Surprising Facts that the FBI Wants You To Know

No "Good Cop/Bad Cop" Energy

Everything is dramatized for entertainment, including how negotiations and interrogations. In reality, FBI agents don't put on a "good cop/bad cop" schpeal. In fact, the agents are instructed to be cheerful and friendly in order to get the person they're talking to trust them. The most pleasant you are, the more information they may give up. 

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