Tradecraft
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Tradecraft is the art of spying.
Subversion
“(it) is what anyone in any senior position at the CIA will tell you - It is about turning people”
(Dec 11, 2013) [1]
Examples
| Page name | Description |
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| Asset | A resource by means of which intelligence is gathered; but also a person through whom things are getting done. |
| Classification | Intelligence classification are methods by which different levels of access based on the sensitivity of the information are designated to different people; generally used to prevent unauthorized individuals from viewing or leaking sensitive data. |
| Compartmentalisation | An ancient technique of dividing information up between people to prevent the 'bigger picture' from being available to any of them. |
| Handler | |
| Honeytrap | investigative tactic involving the use of sex. |
| Limited hangout | A propaganda technique to try to suppress the revelation of secret information. |
| Need to know | Giving information only when needed to only those people who need it is fundamental to both tradecraft and statecraft. |
| Sheep dipping | Sheep dipping is an espionage term for the process of giving someone an experience which will assist in their misrepresentation. |
| Special access program | |
| Statecraft | Covertly running a state requires a special skill set, which this website terms "statecraft", a reference to the UK Deep state's Institute for Statecraft. |
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