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The Tell

NYT:

From his parched, pursed lips to the jut of his shoulders, Roger Clemens was holding something back, three body-language analysts who watched him over the past two days said Monday.


“There’s more to the story,” said Janine Driver, a body-language consultant who trains law enforcement officers in truth detection. “There are several probing points that lead me to believe that he’s not going to be completely truthful.”

... Nevertheless, Navarro warned against concluding that Clemens was lying. Even the most skilled body-language experts are right in only about half of all cases, he said, and investigators often study body language to decide when to dig deeper.

I'm not an expert, nor have I seen the 60 Minutes interview. But if I guessed randomly, I'd be right half of the time, too. Or in other words, this body language reading nonsense is just that - nonsense!