Ex-Secret Service agent reveals 'spy trick' to get people to do what you want

An ex-Secret Service agent who protected presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama has a tip for getting anyone to do what you want: 'shut up' and 'listen.' In addition to her public speaking and book writing, ex-US Secret Service agent Evyenia 'Evy' Poumpouras served as a judge on Bravo's 'Spy Games' - a 2020 American reality competition based on a World War II program that assessed and trained civilians to be spies For Poumpouras, whose interrogation role saw her administering lie detector tests as a polygraph specialist, listening is the best way to get that good read on someone. The former polygraph expert, who also served on the detail protecting then-First Lady Michelle Obama, published a book in 2020 teaching people how to 'read people, influence situations' and 'live fearlessly,' entitled 'Becoming Bulletproof.' Above, Secret Service special agent Poumpouras back in 2010 - standing while President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Malia and Sasha Obama walk through the Honolulu Zoo in Hawaii In the years since her government service, the former Secret Service Agent has given talks and taught courses on the art of reading people whether to elicit better information, gain a strategic advantage or just become a more effective communicator.