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What Customs Officers Actually Read at the Booth
A foreign national and a US citizen walk up to the same customs booth, married to each other, and experience two entirely different events. This episode digs into the asymmetry underneath: what a refusal to answer actually costs each of them, and what the evidence says about how officers read demeanor. The best study on the subject is from 1980, and it has never been improved on — inspectors who were worse than a coin flip at spotting smugglers, yet agreed with each other almost perfectly. Six variables did most of the work. Nervousness, answer length, and volunteering extra information all…
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