Secret Service Interrogator Says People Don't Need Confessions to Prove Guilt

What was said

"You don't need the smoking gun from people. They show you, but everyone's waiting for the person to say, 'I did this. I lied. I cheated.' It's a waste of time to try to get that. Most of the information you're gonna get from people are little, little breadcrumbs that you collect and you put together and you got your loaf of bread."

Pompurus explained her interrogation philosophy: confessions are unnecessary because suspects reveal guilt through small admissions and behavioral cues. She described how collecting minor inconsistencies and evasions builds a complete picture of deception without requiring explicit admission of wrongdoing.