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Confession: Joran Van der Sloot Recants His "Confession."

Joran Van der Sloot no claims he was arrested without a warrant, had no translator and was confused when he confessed.  And thus Van der Sloot continues his manipulation of people and the Peruvian Courts. There will be more mind bending, heart rending manipulation by Van der Sloot.

Van der Sloot is due to see the Peruvian judge on Friday (June 25th) who will rule on the admissibility of Joran's confession and if there is probable cause for putting him on trial for murder.  It would be very interesting to hear more of Joran's explanation of how he was tricked.

This guy is a master at manipulation and he gets really pissed when he is not in control and when he thinks people are getting the best of him. My bet is he will be bound over for trial.

If the Peruvian police conducted a professional interrogation, they have closed the loops holes on this case.  They most likely got a specific time line of movements and actions by Van der Sloot, coupled with the video surveillance from several locations, witness statement of his movements. They most likely allowed him to give a narration of everything hie did during that time frame in question (letting him lie his butt off) then picked his story apart with every piece of conflicting evidence, inconsistencies and contradictions in his story.  Joran was probably NOT coerced, he's just never had anybody who know how to handle him and nail him for his lies.  Oh don't get me wrong, this guy is still going to lie, change his lies and dream up many more new ones before this is all over.

Van der Sloot certainly deserves a fair trial and proper legal representations even in light of his alleged crime(s).  I saying we should expect a "circus of the bizarre" from Joran as his trial moves forward.

What we've heard about his confession is just the warm up act.  I bet he will start allegations of abuse, mistreatment, maltreatment, psychological horrors, memory failure, demonic possession, out of body experience - from the mundane to the outlandish.  This will be a running soap opera or a never-ending episode of Law and Order.

Joran is living up to his billing as a psychopathic personality.

Just my opinion, anyway.  So far, I've been pretty close to being on the money.

Stan
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Interview & Interrogation: Van der Sloot's Mom - "My son is sick in his head."

Joran Van der Sloot's Mom said in an interview with a Dutch newspaper "My son is sick in his head."  She blames the media and the death of Joran's father as the cause for her son committing murder.  Sorry Mrs. Van der Sloot, your son just willingly engages in deviant behavior - always has and always will. He knows what he is doing.

Joran certainly exhibits deviant behavior and in my opinion is most likely a sexual predator.  He appears to match the profile of a psychopath.

We have to be careful about bantering around "mentally ill."  It leads the public to believe that Van der Sloot is not in control of his own actions and is unaware of the consequences of his behavior.  For Joran it is quite the opposite.  Joran demonstrates a high level of awareness of his actions which by the way are always in response his needs without consideration for the pain and suffering he causes others.  He is a very organized personality.  In his case he has willingly failed to control his own behaviors.

Certainly stress factors can trigger apparently inappropriate behaviors in any person.  My question to Joran's Mom would be what stress factors caused him to allegedly murder Natalee Holloway?  There was no media coverage of him prior to her disappearance and his father was alive!

Often when we can't understand the apparently deviant behaviors of a friend or family member, it is easy to blame it on "mental illness" as the cause.  I believe that's because we can't understand the other person's motivation and fortunately for us, we can't imagine engaging is such behavior ourselves, therefore "he must be sick."

Joran's behavior is probably best explained as a "psychology of evil."  He will not be denied anything he wants, he is well spoken, easily overcomes another person's fears about him, has a high threshold of excitement or stimulation, he has a low tolerance for stress or anything that frustrates him, he has no empathy for the people he is destroying, doesn't learn from his mistakes, he is cunning, he is manipulative, and he is a chronic liar.  I still say that if we investigate his background more thoroughly we will find MANY deviant social acts and criminal offenses that have been missed, dismissed, and even ignored.  He has MANY more victims of deviant behavior than we will ever know.

You can take it to the bank that Joran's confession to Peruvian authorities is still not very close to the whole truth.  Oh sure, he gave them enough that he may be convicted - enough to match the forensics.  BUT, the actual interaction between him and Flores, conversations between them, Flores specific actions have been grossly altered to suit Joran's point of view and benefit.  Notice from previous stories how Joran portrays himself as the "victim" of Flores snooping into his personal life.  Again, I think a key phrase was Joran's slip in saying that she tried to "escape."  I'd bet that the time Joran spent in the room with her body was time spent fantasizing about what happened and developing and practicing a plausible "story."  Why not, Joran has proven himself very successful at making up plausible stories in the past!

When he is interviewed by the Lima judge next week, I hope he doesn't fall pry to Joran's charms and believe the lies Joran has cooked up for him.  If we hear about ANY of the story he tells the judge, I'm willing to bet there are going to be some changes and additions to the initial confession he gave to the Peruvian police.  Also it wouldn't surprise me if he starts suffering from "memory lapses" and plays up his Moms diagnosis that he is "sick in his head."

Joran Van der Sloot is a classic example of an anti-social personality type who is fully aware of his behaviors but has and continues to manipulate people for his own personal desires. Put him in the Peruvian prison and let him rot.  Just my opinion anyway.

Stan
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Joran Van der Sloot: Dance With The Devil

Joran Van der Sloot has agreed to show authorities the location of missing Alabama teen Natalie Holloway's body.  In my opinion this is a dance with the devil.  My question is what does Van der Sloot really want?  He doesn't do anything that is not to his benefit. 

In my opinion Joran Van der Sloot is the typical psychopath.  He is going to manipulate everybody and ever agency for his own benefit.  If you think Joran confessed to killing Flores because of some overwhelming guilt or remorse, I think you are sadly mistaken.  He confessed because he was caught and had to figure some way to get out of the maze he found himself in.

According to AP, Van der Sloot has now agreed to show everyone where he left the body of Natalie Holloway.  First of all, I believe when I see it.  I think he's telling them he can show them just to get out of Peru, get a lighter sentence, arrange it so he is brought back to Aruba to face charges as opposed to Peru (which has some hellish prisons by the way), or if he has to face charges of murder he rather face the charges is "Van der Sloot friendly" Aruba.

Van der Sloot is NOT doing this for nothing and it is NOT from pangs of guilt.  Watch for more twists and turns is this part of the Van der Sloot saga unfolds.  I bet he is still going to dupe somebody with this plan.

Stan
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Van der Sloot Confesses: Admits Strangling Peruvian Woman

Associate Press is reporting that Joran Van der Sloot has confessed to strangling and killing Stephanie Flores.  What is interesting is that Van der Sloot said the murder was linked to Natalie Holloway's disappearance.

Van der Sloot told authorities that Flores looked at his laptop and saw the connection between him and Holloway.

"I did not want to do it. The girl intruded into my private life," he reportedly told detectives. "She had no right. She was scared, we argued, she tried to escape and I grabbed her by the neck and hit her."

I have a couple of questions:

1) What did Flores see on Van der Sloot's laptop that was so personal and got Flores so scared?

2) What does he mean he didn't want to do it?  Sounds likes the typical "blame the victim" for the crime.

3) More importantly, I caught a key word in Joran's statement.  He said she tried to "ESCAPE."  If Flores was there willingly, we did she have to try and "ESCAPE?"

I still think there is a lot more to this case and there still may be other Van der Sloot "date rape" victims that may come forward.

My opinion is that Joran will not be denied what he wants from women.  How dare they!

He sure acts like an anti-social personality to me.

Stan
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Joran VanderSloot: An MO of Prowling Casinos for Victims?

Joran VanderSloot has been arrested in Chile on a charge of murdering a woman in Peru after picking her up at a casino there. This is exactly the same way he met Natalie Holloway in Aruba.  Could this be his MO?

I went back a reviewed an interview of Vandersloot by ABC's Chris Cuomo back in 2005.  One of the biggest reactions I saw from Vandersloot was the question about him picking up women in casinos and bars, getting them drunk or drugging them, and taking advantage of them.  In my opinion his response behaviors (both verbal and non-verbal) were consistent with someone who was withholding information. Now we get word he is accused of using the same tactic to pick up a woman in Peru and he has been arrested for her murder.

My question would be have we uncovered the MO of a killer and /or rapist.  We need to get the evidence on the case in front of us to be sure he is guilty of the murder.  Other cases of serial murderers / rapists have present very strong evidence of patterns of behavior that are consistent in all their cases.  This could be the same with Vandersloot.

Within one day of his arrest, we get word that US authorities was Joran for extortion.  He is alleged to have offered information regarding the whereabouts of Natalie Holloway's body in Aruba in return for money.

In my opinion Joran is what I call an "Ego Dominant" personality and that would detect the interrogations strategy O would use on him.  He also appears to exhibit a large number of the characteristics of the "psychopath" or "anti-social" personality researched and expounded on by Dr. Robert Hare and Dr. J. Reid Malloy.

I wouldn't be surprised if more of the same behaviors by Joran will soon be uncovered.

Interested in hearing your thoughts.

Stan

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Blumenthal calls Vietnam comments misplaced words - How About Misplaced Honesty!

Blumenthal calls his repeated statements of having served in Viet Nam "misplaced words."  Once maybe but not multiple times.

This is what I call a "hype" form of deception.  It's the same kind of thing that some people use on their applications for jobs.  They want to create a particular persona in the mind of listener and therefore lead the listener to the wrong conclusion.

Nobody doubts his service to his country and choosing to serve in the US Marine Corps.  No one doubts his dedication to veterans issues. 

But a statement like this in front of the V.F.W. "When we returned from Vietnam, I remember the taunts, the verbal and even physical abuse we encountered," are not a misplaced word or two.

People would respect his defense of veterans just as much even if he did not serve in Viet Nam.

Once the genie of deception is out of the bottle like this, it's hard to stuff them back in!  Spin isn't going to fix the deceit!

Stan

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Balloon Boy: Reading the Signs of Deception

When was all said and done about the "Balloon Boy" case in Larimer County, Colorado, it all came down to the verbal and nonverbal cues of deception generated by the Heenes.  Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden and Commander Ern Hudson's investigators played the case perfectly.  They let the Heenes talk and the more they talked the more cues of deception both verbal and nonverbal the Heenes generated.

The best rule of thumb for getting enormous amounts of good investigative information is a narrative-based interview.  That tactic alone has proven to recover nearly 60 percent more information than accusatory style tactic.  It is a technique that is least likely to contaminate and alienate any witnesses or victims during their interviews.  It also assists cooperative victims and witnesses in recalling more critical details.  At the same time if the subject decides to lie during their statement, there are generally many more lies disclosed making it easier for the interrogator to develop leads as well as impeach any false statements made by the subject.  A narrative-based interview of a suspect also dramatically reduces the possibility of a false confession because of it's non-coercive nature.  Also by using a narrative-based interview, the interrogator doesn't have to reveal much of his case information if in fact he does reveal anything at all.

There is one thing consistent with almost everyone who proposes to mislead or lie to the people who are their intended victims.  They've got to keep talking to them to keep them on their side. More importantly the liar has to keep talking in order to convince those who are on the fence or still doubt the story. 

An additional problem for the liar is their need to see and hear the reactions from their lie target.  If they don't get the feedback that is satisfying or rewarding, their tendency is to keep pitching the lie until they get the reaction they want.  At the same time the liar has got to be aware of their own verbal and nonverbal cues that the lie target may identify as signs of possible deception.  When talking to the investigators for Larimer County, thier would be their undoing.

An additional problem for the Heenes - there were too many people involved to keep the lie going!  Not only Heene and his wife but also their 6 year old son who was at the center of this staged media event.  His comment that they did it "for the show" will be devastating.

Finally ... there are remaining problems for the liar.  Creating the lie, defending the lie if challenged and biggest of all - remembering all the different versions of the truth they have created and told.

Despite their education, experience and media savvy background, the Heenes still couldn't get away with their big lie.  The nemesis of any liar is their own belief that they are good liars, have created a good lie and therefore can get away with their deception.

For the Heenes - they had already lost the game with the first lie they told to the media.

Waiting to hear more of the inside story of this case.

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Spy vs Spy: ACLU Spying on the Spies

The New York Post has reported that the ACLU and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has been spying on and identifying CIA undercover operatives, taking their pictures and giving that information to prisoners at GITMO.

Wasn't there a huge news story a couple of years ago about the White House "outing" supposed undercover operative Valerie Plame? Where is the outrage from our media other tihis?

When will we start charging some people with treason and espionage for compromising this country's national security, endangering the lives of Americans, American soldiers and crippling our national intelligence?

ACLU SPIES ENDANGER AMERICA

Read the article. 

I'd like to hear what you think.

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White House Interrogation Unit: A New Nightmare for Interrogators!

The White House has created another nightmare scenario and announced the formation of a new Terrorism Interrogation Unit.  The unit will be under the umbrella of the FBI, contain members of multiple agencies but the White House will supervise the interrogations.  All the while, following the Army Manual for interrogation. (See www.us.army.mil to get a copy of the manual)

See: Obama Adminstration Sets Up New Interrogation Unit

This is another nightmare scenario by an administration that has no idea what the heck they are doing. Every criminal and intelligence interviewer and interrogator knows you should not have more than two to three people in the room during and interrogation - counting the suspect.  Well, just as important if not more so, there the interrogator can  have too many people inside his head during the interrogation!  How can any decent interrogator focus on the task of getting critical information, forming questions, reading responses, following the subject's line of thought, keeping in mind the level of proof they need to make a criminal or intelligence case and also worry about the judgment of a bunch of detached, ill-informed, biased, politically and career motivated self-serving bureaucrats in another room hundreds or thousands of miles away!   He or she will have too many in their head as they try to interview every witness or interrogate as suspect thereby crippling the entire process.  The interrogator must be totally focused on the case and the subject they are interviewing.

In addition, bureaucracies are notorious for treating everything with a single template.  Unique or unusual situations or conditions are not tolerated because they don't fit the "model."   A quick review of the Army Manual for Interrogation can see where such a concept can cripple the interrogator.  Just as no two people are alike, neither are two interrogations!  There is no "template" by which all criminal or intelligence interrogations can be conducted.

I'm not saying there shouldn't be some guidelines for interrogations or that interrogators shouldn't have standards of conduct.  By all means spell out those guidelines but get the hell out of the way of the investigator and interrogator and let them perform the job!

It is my opinion that some of many possible reasons we have had trouble with the interrogations is 1) has been there is no consistency in the techniques that are taught, 2) we are sending some very "green" people in the field who have had to conduct complex interrogations and they are over their head, 3) techniques that are being taught are loaded with a bunch of unproven, unscientific techniques and when you have that type of situation, the investigator or interrogator in the field is going to get frustrated and is going get very creative in order to find to something does work.

I reminded of a scene from the old TV show MASH.  Radar has Lt. Col. Henry Blake signing a mountain of paperwork for the second time.  Blake asks "Radar, do you understand all this stuff?"  Radar responds, "No sir, I try not to.  It slows down the process."

Just my opinion but I've got 30 plus years studying, researching, writing, teaching AND conducting all type of interrogations. 

I'd still like to know what you think!

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Dr. Gates Arrest & Racism Charge Claims Another Victim: The Witness

The arrest of Dr. Gates in Cambridge. MA and charges of racism claim another victim - Lucia Whalen ,the witness.  Once again, people wihout having all the information in hurl charges of racism against a citizen who dutifully called in what she believed to be suspicious activity.

This doesn't bode well for anyone who sees a what they believe is a crime in progress and report it to law enforcement.  What is going to happen with the interviews of potential witnesses or sources in the future?  Neighborhood convasses by law enforcement has just dramatically increased in difficulty.  All fueled by biased, shoot from the hip, ego driven, hate filled morons!

What does that say about a small number of people who are quick to rekindle and fuel racism and the perception of racism in our country.  Of course our media can only provide coverage of the dark side of each case.  Then you have one ignorant police officer who exposes his bias by publishing more hate on a blog site.

It looks to me like some folks just don't have any purpose in life unless they can fan the fires of racism and hate and keep it alive for their own ends.

My advice - "Engage brain before putting mouth in gear!"

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