Burn Notice Season 03 Episode 13 "Enemies Closer" was first aired last February 11, 2010 and below are the spy tips and tactics:
* It's dangerous to say no to a spy. In a business where motives are questionable and loyalty is skin deep, declining the wrong request can earn you a trip to the morgue. So if you're asked to soak in a Jacuzzi by a black ops sociopath who's paranoid about listening devices, you pick out your favorite trunks and wade in.
* Preserving a corpse is not a frequent job requirement for a spy. But if you must, stashing a body is a lot like storing high explosives. Air, water and heat are the enemy.
* Sometimes the least secure parts of a security system are the security cameras themselves. If leaves obstruct the lens because the landscaping hasn't been maintained, you can approach from a blind spot. And if you get close enough, borrowing the video feed is as easy as stealing pay-per-view.
* The key to surviving a fall into shallow water is safely displacing your body's mass. A flat surface floating on top can help
absorb and distribute your weight evenly. Miss the target and you may as well be jumping right on the concrete.
absorb and distribute your weight evenly. Miss the target and you may as well be jumping right on the concrete.
* Orchestrating a fake sighting isn't a job that calls for subtlety. It's not enough to dress an impostor in the right clothes. You need to make grand gestures and attract attention to colorful details.
* Every class of criminal has their own set of fears. Usually the bogeyman lives in the mirror. Thieves triple-lock their doors, embezzlers check their bank accounts obsessively, and cartel soldiers get the hell out of any car that won't start right away.
* The key to fake surveillance is delivering real boredom. If someone suffers for the information you're feeding them, they're much more likely to believe it.
* Large amounts of cash present a huge temptation to steal, to kill for, to counterfeit.
* After a career spent doing bad things for good reasons, it's hard to say exactly where you draw the line. You might not know exactly until someone asks.
* Turning an asset is a multi-step process. You back them into a corner, you pile on stress, you create tension with the people they trust and if you can cut them off from good influences so you're the only voice in their ear, they're much more likely to listen. It's a formula that works so well -it even works on spies who oughta know better.
* Weighing operational risk is tricky when your life is on one side of the scale. Withholding flight plan data may put your life in danger but you try to remember that if you jeopardize thousands of innocent lives to save your own, you wouldn't want to live with yourself anyway.
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