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The police/interrogators want you to lie to them with a cover story so your alibi can be picked a part easily, correct response is to say nothing and get a lawy

The police/interrogators want you to lie to them with a cover story so your alibi can be picked a part easily, correct response is to say nothing and get a lawyer. Even worse is admitting something illegal to them thinking they will just let it slide, more likely they will use your confession as cause to search your property.

MichaelGG 12y ago
Yes if you can avoid saying anything, fine. In the case of the bomb threat kid, there is no way to verify an alibi of "I was looking for drugs using Tor". And, a nervous seeming kid finally admitting he was looking for drugs fits pretty well and may have gotten the investigators to move on. They've limited time and resources. At other places, like border crossings, you might not have the ability to refuse to say anything (especially as a non citizen). Being able to have a good cover may be the difference in being let go after a cursory look versus being detained for in depth examination. And I really cannot imagine counter terrorism agents bothering to actually go forward charging that kid with attempting to buy pot or something. After all, if they suspect him off terrorism, that alone should be enough to get a search warrant and take his computers.
- pakled_engineer 12y ago
  He was a bomb threat suspect so of course they would charge him with any petty crime he admitted to so they would get the excuse to further search his dorm, confiscate his laptop to get physical evidence of the bomb threat and detain him for further questioning. If he had said nothing and asked for a lawyer he'd still be in school. This law professor explains why you should never talk to police, even if innocent http://youtu.be/6wXkI4t7nuc http://youtu.be/6wXkI4t7nuc
  - MichaelGG 12y ago
    So you're saying that, as a bomb threat suspect, they would not be able to convince a judge to give them a warrant for his laptop anyways?

MichaelGG 12y ago

Yes if you can avoid saying anything, fine. In the case of the bomb threat kid, there is no way to verify an alibi of "I was looking for drugs using Tor". And, a nervous seeming kid finally admitting he was looking for drugs fits pretty well and may have gotten the investigators to move on. They've limited time and resources. At other places, like border crossings, you might not have the ability to refuse to say anything (especially as a non citizen). Being able to have a good cover may be the difference in being let go after a cursory look versus being detained for in depth examination. And I really cannot imagine counter terrorism agents bothering to actually go forward charging that kid with attempting to buy pot or something. After all, if they suspect him off terrorism, that alone should be enough to get a search warrant and take his computers.

pakled_engineer 12y ago
He was a bomb threat suspect so of course they would charge him with any petty crime he admitted to so they would get the excuse to further search his dorm, confiscate his laptop to get physical evidence of the bomb threat and detain him for further questioning. If he had said nothing and asked for a lawyer he'd still be in school. This law professor explains why you should never talk to police, even if innocent http://youtu.be/6wXkI4t7nuc http://youtu.be/6wXkI4t7nuc
- MichaelGG 12y ago
  So you're saying that, as a bomb threat suspect, they would not be able to convince a judge to give them a warrant for his laptop anyways?