Spy Tip #10

The massive preassure that makes air hammers effective also makes them dangerous. Tamper in any way with the locking collar that holds the bit in place and the air hammer becomes a very inaccurate gun with a single bullet.

Spy Tip #9

In an enclosed space getting around a cell phone jammer is a game of who has the stronger signal. A cell phone jammer broadcasts a powerful signal over a range of frequencies, but it can't compete with an entire Ethernet wired to serve as one big antenna.

Spy Tip #8

Cutting through a wall with scissors isn't as hard as it sounds. Start at an electrical socket and saw through the hard surface of the dry wall and the lower layers are a lot easier.

Spy Tip #7

Fighting like a spy means disguising a task as attempts to help. It means making acts of man seem like acts of God. 

Spy Tip #6

In a hostage situation any idiot can steal a gun and start shooting. It's a great way to get a bunch of innocent people killed. Keeping people alive means fighting like a spy.

Spy Tip #5

A wounded hostage is a good measure of how far a criminal's willing to go. They either want to keep the hostage alive or they don't. Which means more people are going to get hurt.

Spy Tip #4

There are a number of different choices when you take over a building by force. Do you keep the hostages face down on the floor or do you move them into a room together? How do you cut all lines of communications out and how do you deal with the place's security measures? Whatever your style hostile take-overs are about one thing - total dominance.

Spy Tip #3

Government agents have to stay within the law, but they still have plenty of options to hit you below the belt. Sometimes a bullet to the head is a lot easier than a slow death drowning in red tape.

Spy Tip #2

When someone starts acting like there's an extra person in the conversation it's a pretty good bet they're wearing a wire. The question is whose taping you? The police? The Feds? Or a government agent you blackmailed awhile back and were hoping never to see again.

Spy Tip #1

"As a spy you have a lot of ways to get information. You can get it with a lock pick. You can get it with a listening device. But most often more than all the other information gathering techniques combined, you get information with a free lunch."