Burn Notice Season 02 Episode 02 "Turn and Burn" was first aired last July 17, 2008 and below are the spy tips and tactics:
* In the world of intelligence, if an operative hands you a crossword puzzle, chances are you've just received a coded message. It's the art of steganography -sending coded messages that don't look like messages unless you have the key.
* In covert ops, you always want to be the one setting the meeting. When you're following someone else's instructions, they set the agenda, they control the security, and they get to make you jump through hoops to remind you they are in charge.
* Check fraud is more about technique than high-tech equipment. Some old checks, a roll of Scotch tape, some nail polish remover, and you're in business. Nail polish remover is mostly acetone, which dissolves ink. Get your hands on a check that's been filled out by the account holder, dissolve everything but the signature, and you've got yourself a blank check. Counterfeiters call it "check washing."
* There may be no honor among thieves, but there's a certain amount of respect. Establishing you're in the same racket is a great way to make an introduction.
* If you wanna make a friend, solve a problem for them. No problem to solve? Create one.
* Relationships are about trust. People trust you when they have something on you like, say, the name and address of a mistress in Orlando or information about a secret gambling habit. It's all about making them feel secure.
* People don't trust information they get for free. If you wanna sell someone on a lie, you have to make them drag it out of you. It's effective, but often painful.
* Inexperienced operatives abandon a cover I.D. under pressure. Experienced ones just play their roles harder.
* Most people think distracting a group of guys is best done by a beautiful woman. The problem with beautiful women is people want them to stick around, which can cause a lot of problems. Obnoxious guys, they just wanna get rid of.
* Most assassinations involve the firing of a single well-placed bullet. The trick to selling an assassination attempt is to use a lot more firepower and an explosion or two doesn't hurt.
* Drug cartels have their own internal justice system. It doesn't involve courts or lawyers or proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. If they think you might be a traitor, they'll kill you just to be on the safe side.
* In intelligence, a good adversary lets you think you're winning. They know the best attack is the one you don't see coming. So you learn to be vigilant when you think you've got the upper hand because that's when they'll strike.
* If you walk in on a corpse and can't catch your breath, you might be suffering from a panic attack or someone might be pumping nitrogen gas into the room to displace all the oxygen. It's not a bad way to kill someone. They suffocate before they've
realized there's a problem. It won't show up on a tox screen, and there's no trail left behind unless you know where to look.
realized there's a problem. It won't show up on a tox screen, and there's no trail left behind unless you know where to look.
* There are a lot of disadvantages to being at the scene of a crime. You can get arrested, you can get yourself killed and no matter how many times you've done it, it's never fun hanging out with a dead body. But the advantage is there's no one around to object to a little intelligence gathering.
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