Nonverbal actions add to Clemens’s story

In the “60 Minutes” interview, for example, the analysts noticed that Clemens swallowed hard, looked down, and licked and pursed his lips when answering questions — all signs, they said, that he might not have been telling the truth. “That’s indicative of deception, that’s indicative of stress,” said Joe Navarro, a retired F.B.I. agent who trains intelligence officers and employees for banks and insurance companies. Navarro has also written a book about how to tell whether someone is bluffing in poker.

Watching the interview, I too felt that Roger wasn’t completely frank. I hope for the sake of baseball that the steroid allegations are false, but when he said “B-12 and lidocaine” it looked forced to me.