Normally I use that tactic but it's not always the best move. I got stopped entering Canada from the US. They checked my passport and knew I had felonies. I to

Normally I use that tactic but it's not always the best move. I got stopped entering Canada from the US. They checked my passport and knew I had felonies. I told them a bunch of stories about my past (committing fraud, working for the Secret Service, etc) and they ate it up. They joked around with me the whole time and were very nice about not letting me in. Of course I knew there was no downside to opening up because I figured out pretty quickly I wasn't going to be let in. I'd be much less open with a TSA agent who wanted to search my phone.