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How to evaluate new members... Weed out informants and agent-provocateurs.
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NOTE - Spy & CounterSpy does not endorse, condone, or encourage any illegal act.
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The material in this article is presented for information, research,
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entertainment, and education purposes only. The words "you" and "your" are used
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in this article only for ease of readability.
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Assessing the risks. It is imperative that you run tests to verify the
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reliability and integrity of new recuits who are applying to join your cell.
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Failure to evaluate recruits will result in your group being penetrated by your
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adversary - much like the militia groups in the USA have been penetrated by the
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FBI.
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Every time you admit a new recuit into your cell you are risking the security of
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your group. Yes, the recruit might be a bona fide supporter of your cause - or
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he might be an informant or an agent-provocateur.
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The Informant. The informant is a cell member who is providing information to
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your adversary. He may betray you for money. She may betray you because she is
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being blackmailed. He may betray you because he is unethical, immoral, and
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weak-willed. She may betray you because she has a passive-aggressive personality
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disorder.
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The Agent-provocateur. The agent-provocateur is someone who feigns enthusiastic
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support for your cause while enticing you to commit acts that are illegal. She
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is acting on the instructions of the FBI - or she may actually be an FBI agent.
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You are being set up for arrest, interrogation, and conviction.
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The Mole. The mole is a cell member who quietly works to sabotage your
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operations. He may deliberately forget to do things that result in failed
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operations. He may intentionally ruin meetings with specious arguments and
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pointless debate, often introducing paranoia into the discussion. A typical mole
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is a long-time cell member who has been recruited by the FBI, perhaps by
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blackmail. Less frequently the mole is an FBI agent who has penetrated the
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organization at an early stage in its development.
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The Counterintelligence Role. It is vital that your organization have a
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counterintelligence officer. This is someone whose role is to detect and
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neutralize attempted penetrations by the enemies of your organization. Whether
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this is a formal position or an ad hoc role is not important. Someone in your
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group must take steps to systematically and conscientiously evaluate new
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recuits.
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If you don't make an effort to defend yourself against penetration by your
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adversary, then you'll end up like the militia groups in the US... paranoid,
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disorganized, ineffective, and - more often than not - in custody.
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Reveal some sensitive bogus information to the suspected informant, then wait
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for things to go wrong.
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Uncover informants...
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Here is how established resistance movements uncover informants.
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First, reveal some sensitive information to the recruit - and only to the
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recruit. For example, you might inform him of the existence of a (bogus) hidden
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cache of weapons.
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Then wait and watch. If the cache is suddenly discovered by the authorities, you
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may be dealing with an informant. More tests may be required to confirm your
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suspicions.
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In serious cases where you're playing by Big Boys' Rules, you might need to use
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live bait. If your adversary is sophisticated and experienced, you might need to
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reveal genuine secrets to the recruit you're evaluating. For example, you might
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reveal the name of a whistleblower who is leaking information to you about your
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adversary. If your recruit betrays your information to your adversary, you'll
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have lost your whistleblower - but you'll have unmasked an informant before he
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can do too much damage.
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The most reliable method for unmasking an agent-provocateur is to ask him to
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be the first to commit to action.
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Unmask an agent-provocateur...
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Here is how any organization can unmask an agent-provocateur.
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If the person is full of ideas for future operations, then insist that he lead
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by example. Make him commit himself first. Or, to put it another way, make him
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incriminate himself first before asking others to risk injury, exposure, or
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arrest.
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If the person balks, then he may simply be "all talk". Or he may be a coward. Or
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he may be an agent-provocateur. In either case, you've called his bluff and now
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you know not to fall for his jive-talk.
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Enforce compliance...
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Here is how resistance movements enforce compliance with the counterintelligence
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functions.
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If a trusted cell member brings an outsider into your group - or reveals
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sensitive information to an outsider - without performing any of these
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counterintelligence measures, then that cell member must be severely
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disciplined.
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Depending on your situation, simply ostracizing the individual may suffice.
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Revoking his membership may be all it takes to remove the threat he poses.
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Or firmer steps may need to be taken.
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Copyright <20>1998 Lee Adams. All rights reserved.
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Ascii version by: MRF |