Are you more suited to code-breaking or undercover surveillance? Or perhaps you’d make an excellent spymaster. SPYSCAPE teamed up with a former head of training at British intelligence and leading psychologists to help you unlock unique insight into your skills, personality, and potential. Discover your superpowers!
Ex-CIA officer Ryan Hillsberg put his Psychology 101 training to the test while talent-spotting a potential new US ‘asset’ stationed in a foreign country. Ryan sized up the candidate, researched him thoroughly, then arranged a ‘chance’ meeting at a scuba diving club to kickstart the bromance. Ryan’s next move, however, would be a whole lot trickier and more dangerous.
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FBI agent Robert Booth’s job was to catch a Cuban spy who’d infiltrated the Bureau. He’d identified a suspect but proving Kendall Myers' treachery would be difficult. If Robert wanted to catch Kendal in the act, he’d need to find out what motivated him. That’s when Robert turned to the spycatcher’s favorite acronym, MICE: Money, Ideology, Compromise, and Ego.
Soviet doctors may have ‘perfected’ extra-sensory perception (ESP) in the 1980s, transmitting thoughts and feelings to subjects, according to declassified CIA documents. The Agency tracked experiments in Siberia and the work of Soviet scientist Konstantin Buteyko who believed that mirrors could focus psychic energy.
Shockwaves reverberated through the corridors of power when White House lawyer Vince Foster was found dead of a gunshot wound during Bill Clinton’s presidency. Was it suicide or foul play? Legendary FBI agent Jim Clemente would need to step inside Vince Foster’s mind to unravel the mystery.
David Omand, former head of Britain’s code-breaking GCHQ spy agency, explores the methodology used by intelligence agents in How Spies Think but he’s not the only ex-spy to share his deepest thoughts. These must-read spy books will guide you through the psychology of secret agents, from interrogation techniques to psychological profiling.
Spies never stop thinking, even when they are taking a coffee break - a decryption breakthrough might strike at any time. Sometimes it just takes a 'damn fine' cup of coffee to put things in perspective.
