Stalling for time
by Gary Noesner · first published 2011
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In Stalling for Time, the FBI's chief hostage negotiator takes readers on a harrowing tour through many of the most famous hostage crises in the history of the modern FBI, including the siege at Waco, the Montana Freemen standoff, and the D.C. sniper attacks.
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…empathy. By saying "I wont negotiate" you're building a gloom vision that there is no future. If the threat is real, you're out of time and out of luck. As Voss says, "She's dead"* Further readings: Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator ( by Gary Noesner) Never Split the Difference (Chris Voss) Ego, Authority, Failure (Derek Gaunt) Movie: A Hijacking (IMDB) * "60 seconds or she dies" challenge…
on “Negotiating ransoms: when to play and when to fold” ↗I really recommend Gary Noesner’s Stalling for Time. He was on the Waco siege before the FBI ran out of patience and the compound went up in flames. A lot of guns drawn breaking down door situations could be made a lot less dangerous if police stop assuming…
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