Rolling up a spy network… the CIA vs. Hezbollah in Lebanon
The rather disconcerting news that several CIA assets have been compromised by Hezbollah in Lebanon surely has the intelligence community reeling*. This certainly hasn’t been the first time a spy...
View ArticleSpy vs. Spy: the DIA and HUMINT
In April 2012, the Department of Defense announced a new policy to build up the military’s own human intelligence (HUMINT) capabilities through the Defense Clandestine Service, separate and parallel...
View ArticleThe DIA’s new Defense Clandestine Service
A career website for the Defense Intelligence Agency’s new clandestine service went live in February, providing information for potential recruits interested in a career in human intelligence. There...
View ArticleRandy’s RASCLS: A new way of approaching clandestine recruitment
What motivates someone to betray their country and work for a foreign intelligence service? The most common answers are found in the acronym MICE: Money, Ideology, Coercion (or Compromise), and Ego...
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