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* '''Downplayed''': The information Alice gives is technically true, but misleading.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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The information Alice gives is technically true, but misleading.misleading.
** Bob is perfectly loyal to Alice, yet she gives him bad info due to her fear that he will crack under interrogation.
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** Bob pretends to be on Alice's side, but [[TheMole he's really working for]] [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]], and is giving him information. [[GuileHero Alice]] figures out that Bob's TheMole, but instead of exposing him, she doesn't let him know she knows and gives him false information. Evulz receives the information and acts on it, which is exactly what Alice wanted him to do. Because of this, Evulz either falls into a trap or has his position compromised.

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** Bob pretends to be on Alice's side, but [[TheMole he's really working for]] [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]], and is giving him information. [[GuileHero Alice]] figures out that Bob's TheMole, true loyalty, but instead of exposing him, she doesn't let him know she knows and gives him false information. Evulz receives the information and acts on it, which is exactly what Alice wanted him to do. Because of this, Evulz either falls into a trap or has his position compromised.



** Bob [[PlayingBothSides tries to manipulate both Alice and Evulz]] by selling out information between them. Both sides know this, and now only tell him what they want the other side to know.

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** Bob [[PlayingBothSides tries to manipulate both Alice and Evulz]] by selling out strategically disclosing information between them.them, hoping that they will react according to his secret agenda. Both sides know this, and now only tell him what they want the other side to know.
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** ... But now that Alice thinks Bob's the mole, she doesn't give Bob any more true information, thus rendering Dylan's best source worse than useless (and if he ''stops'' acting on the false information, Alice will realize that Bob isn't the actual mole).

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