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TRAITORS, SPIES, PATRIOTS, ASSORTED RUFFIANS AND RASCALS

“One Man’s Terrorist is Another Man’s Freedom Fighter” (Problematic and unattributed cliché)

Perspectives can change things considerably. A foreign military officer, spying on his own country on behalf of another power will be viewed as a traitor in his homeland, but as a hero in that far country. “Rewards,” such as they are, correspond to these differences.

In this section, we’ve tried to provide case examples of actual operations, almost exclusively from the Human Intelligence (HUMINT) world without regard to whether the individual(s) involved fit into the hero or the traitor category. Here you’ll have an opportunity to put a human face on those who’ve chosen different paths, either because of a personal initiative, or because they’ve been convinced to participate by someone else, or because events have dictated their actions. You’ll see many aspects of the intelligence cycle played out: how people are identified or self-identify as espionage assets; what motivates them to engage in essentially the lowest and meanest of all human activities – the betrayal of one’s own tribe; how and how long they continue their activities; and how they were caught, escaped capture or prosecution, or were exposed.

The careful reader will look beyond the “spy story” to the underlying processes associated with intelligence operations. In fact, many of the references will put meat on the bones in the sections that follow this one.

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