From an FBI manual suggesting conversational techniques to recruit informants. The document was published by The Intercept in January.
flattery: You have such a pleasant voice on the telephone.
assumption: How does your husband feel about all the traveling that you do?
me same, you same: I didn’t realize that you were a trout fisherman, I love trout fishing.
attribution: I heard that the government of Zimbabwe has become unstable and is on the verge of collapse.
provocation: I think…