Doug Whetstone is a Deception Detection Expert, Best Selling Author of "Secrets of Detecting Lies" and Managing Partner of Whetstone Security Group, Inc. He has received numerous awards and accolades from senior officials of the White House, Secret Service, NSA, CIA, FBI, DIA, DEA, and U.S. Customs for his significant contributions to the security, counterintelligence, analysis, and force protection fields. Doug conducts seminars of how to detect lies and deception detection certification courses. He is the creator of the Body language Assessment and Scoring Technique (BLAST™), a revolutionary method to detect and score deception, based on years of his research and scientific studies. Mr. Whetstone also designed and field tested groundbreaking background investigative techniques and evaluative methods for the polygraph process that significantly enhance the effectiveness of security screening, and are proprietary to Whetstone Security Group, Inc.WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?- Train you or your staff to detect lies- Train you or your sales staff to 'read' your customer's body language to get more sales- Keynote SpeakingDoug Whetstone is a retired U.S. Marine and has more than 30 years of experience in the US Intelligence Community, to include performing counterterrorism (CT) and counterintelligence (CI) threat analysis and security screening. He served in the U.S. Intelligence Community’s Presidential Protection Program, to ensure the safety of the U.S. President, Vice-President, their families and staff. Mr. Whetstone also worked as a CI Human Intelligence (CI/HUMINT) Operations Support Manager supporting country-specific force protection detachments, Special Operations Forces units, the Air force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), the Navy Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), and the Defense Intelligence Agency.Doug Whetstone has conducted thousands of background checks and screening interviews. He is also a certified PCASS Examiner.