Burn Notice - Season 01 - Episode 01 Spy Tips & Tactics

Burn Notice Episode 01 is the Pilot episode was first aired last June 28, 2007 (2007-06-28).. and bl and and and andsand

and below are the spy tips and tactics contained in the episode:

* In a fight, you have to be careful not to break the little bones in your hand on someone's face. That's why I like bathrooms, lots of hard surfaces.

* Spend a few years as a covert operative and a sunny beach just looks like a vulnerable tactical position, no decent cover.

* When you're being watched, what you need is contrast -a background that will make the surveillance stand out.

* Need to go some place you're not allowed? Any uniform store will sell you a messenger outfit, and any messenger can get past a security desk.

* Figuring out if a car is tailing you is mostly about driving like you're an idiot. You speed up, slow down, signal one way, turn the other.

* Actually, losing a tail isn't about driving fast. A high-speed pursuit is just gonna land you on the 6:00 news. So you just keep driving like an idiot until the other guy makes a mistake.

* With everyone x-raying and chemical-testing their mail these days, a box of wire and pipe and batteries sprinkled with chemical fertilizer is a great attention-getter.

* Whether you're a coke dealer, a thief, an arms dealer, or a spy, you need someone to clean your money, which makes a good money launderer the closest thing you can get to a yellow pages for criminals. Even better, a money launderer will always take your phone call, burn notice or no burn notice.

* Doesn't matter how much training you have - a broken rib is a broken rib.

* Never run around in the bushes in a ski mask when breaking in someplace. Somebody catches you,  what are you gonna say? You want to look like a legitimate visitor until the very last minute. If you can't look legit, confused works almost as well. Maybe get a soda from the fridge or a yogurt. If you're caught, you just act confused and apologize like crazy for taking the yogurt. Nothing could be more innocent.

* Cracking an old-school safe is pretty tough, but modern high-tech security makes it much easier. Thing is, nobody wipes off a fingerprint scanner after they use it, so what's left on the scanner 9 times out of 10 is a fingerprint.

* Fighting for the little guy is for suckers. We all do it once in a while, but the trick is to get in and out quickly without getting involved.

* Powerful people don't like being pushed around. You can never quite predict what they're going to do or have their washed-out Special-forces security guys do. The point is, blackmail is a little like owning a pit bull. It might protect you, or it might bite your hand off. That's why it pays to make sure you know what they're thinking, and that means eavesdropping.

* To build a listening device, you need a crappy phone with a mike that picks up everything. But you want the battery power and circuits of a better phone.

* When you work solo, it's about prepping the ground. Home court advantage counts for a lot. You never know what's going to happen. You prepare for everything. Most bad guys expect you to just sit there and wait for them, like those are the rules or something.

* If you're going to put prints on a gun, sticking it into somebody's hand isn't going to do it. Any decent lawyer can explain prints on a gun. But try explaining prints on the inside of the trigger assembly.

* As a spy, it doesn't matter, if you're helping rebel forces fight off a dictator, or giving combat tips to a third-grader. There's nothing like helping the little guy kick some bully's ass.

* There's nothing worse for a spook than knowing you're being played.

Someone is pulling strings. Who? Not some intelligence agency bureaucrat in a cubicle. This is someone with more style. Not F.B.I. either. They're not this creative and they don't do surveillance on their own guys. This is someone who knows what he's doing, someone who wants to send a message.dsk