Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens' former trainer, Brian McNamee,
testified that he injected Clemens with steroids in 1998
while with the Toronto Blue Jays and with steroids and human
growth hormone in 2000 and 2001, while with the New York
Yankees and now Clemens is on Major League Baseball's Mitchell
Report. And This Sunday night, "60 Minutes" Mike
Wallace will interview Clemens, where he will say that his
trainer only injected him with legal drugs.
However, according to world-renowed deception detection
and body language expert Janine Driver, aka "The Lyin'
Tamer", Clemens' body language reveals that there just
might be more to the story.
People can get a peak at the several deceptive body language
probing points while Mike Wallace previews his exclusive
interview for "60 Minutes" on www.cbsnews.com.
The 7 Deceptive Probing Points (PP) are as follows:
Wallace: "Did your former trainer,
Brian McNamee (PP #1), ever inject you with anything?"
Clemens: "Yes, he did.
Wallace: "What?"
Clemens: "Lidocaine and B-12 (PP #2).
It's for my joints. And B-12 I take still today. A lot of
trainers have ahh"
Wallace: "And that's all?"
Clemens: "That's it."
Wallace: "Never, ever a (PP #3) human
growth hormone? (PP #4)"
Clemens: "Never (PP #5 & PP #8)."
Wallace: "Never testosterone?"
Clemens: "Never (PP #6 & PP #8)."
Wallace: "And never anabolic steroids?"?Clemens:
"Never (PP #7 & PP #8)."
PP #1: Clemens sticks out his tongue when Wallace
mentions McNamee's name. The tongue protrusion
sends the signal of disliking, displeasure, or uncertainty.
It often contradicts verbal remarks. Tongue-shows can reveal
misleading or uncertain areas in statements; therefore it
is always a probing point to be analyzed. A great follow-up
question to ask during this portion of the interview would
have been, "Is there any reason why you just stuck
out your tongue when I mentioned McNamee? Maybe Clemens
would have said, "Yes, I am so angry that he is lying
about me." Or maybe, just maybe, the question would
catch him off guard and he would reveal even more deception.
PP #2: Clemens looks down left when he answered,
"Lana Cain and B-12." When we are asked
a question, or try to recall a piece of data our brain goes
on a search. Our eyes will move in many directions depending
upon the type of search. The search is the process for our
thinking. Most right-handed people look down left when they
are in self-talk mode. They are not recalling something
and they are not feeling something, but they are having
an internal dialogue. A good question here might have been,
"Have you practiced answering this question before
this interview?" Or maybe even, "Take a second
and picture in your mind's eye every shot McNamee ever gave
you. Tell us about what you see."
NOTE: Most right-handed people when answering Wallace's
question would typically look upper left, which is visually
recalling something or they would look down right indicating
that they were aware of feelings, movements and/or physical
sensations. Here by Clemens demonstrating the self-talk
cue, it simply lends itself to another probing point.
PP #3: Clemens demonstrates another tongue protrusion
when Wallace says the words, "Never, ever a."
Usually when we see a tongue show before a statement it's
an indicator that whatever the person is about to say the
truth is actually the opposite. For example if someone said,
"No, I don't believe in Santa Clause." e.g., a
tongue protrusion would suggest, "I actually do believe
in Santa."
PP #4: Clemens sucks in his lips in a micro-expression
of anger; his upper lip actually disappears into a straight
line, when Wallace says the words, "a human growth
hormone." This is another probing point. The
best follow-up question here would be, "Is there any
reasons why you get angry when I mention human growth hormone?"
Maybe Clemens would respond saying, "Yes, I a livid
that my career and my integrity are on the line here about
a bunch of false information." Or perhaps we would
have seen additional deception probing points that would
allow us to dig deeper.
PP #5: After Wallace asks, ".a human growth
hormone?" we see Clemens nod his head "yes"
while he says "Never." We saw this same
deceptive probing point with Bill Clinton when he also proclaimed
his innocence on national TV when he said, "I did not
have sexual relations with that woman." The perfect
follow-up question here would have been, "Really?"
Then after Clemens answered the question "really,"
then say nothing and just look at him until he spoke again.
Then after he responds again say, "Is there something
you'd like to get off chest?"
PP #6: After Wallace asks, "Never testosterone?"
we see Clemens again nod his head "yes" while
he says "Never."
PP #7: After Wallace asks, "And never anabolic
steroids?" we again see Clemens once again nod his
head "yes" while he says, "Never."
PP #8: Clemens answers all three questions about
the illegal drugs with the word, "Never," which
is not as strong as the word, "No," therefore,
it's another probing point. Ask yourself how you
would answer this question. Sometimes when you compare your
answer with someone else's answer, it helps you to see what
the person is saying. For instance, if I were to ask you,
"Have you ever killed anyone?" What would you
say? Would you say, "Never!" Or if I asked you,
"Have you ever given your children heroin?" How
would you respond? Most people simply say, "No."
Because Wallace uses the word "never" in his question
it makes his question a weak question. The better question
would have been "Tell us about your experience/history
with muscle enhancing drugs." Or maybe even, "In
what situations would you use a growth hormone?" It's
easier to lie when you only have to respond with one word.
If you want to bust someone who is being less than truthful,
then be sure to ask opened-ended questions to get people
talking. According to Frank Marsh from the National Drug
Intelligence Center, "When people use the words "never"
or "always" they are verbally puffing up their
statements. It's similar to when men puff out their chest
when they see a beautiful woman."
Hopefully, in the full interview we'll see Wallace get
Clemens talking!
Be sure to tune into "60 Minutes" this Sunday
night to see the entire interview, and you be the judge!
Fact or fiction? And catch Janine's LIVE analysis on FOX
NEWS with E.D. Hill between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. this coming
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* AUTHOR’S NOTE: Although Clemens’
verbal and non-verbal signals are incongruent and indicate
deception, it is impossible to determine what specifically
he is hiding without asking him follow-up questions to the
above “probing points.”
