Shadow Denial Believable disavowmint of accusational, challenged or questionable action or event, conducted with a seemingly ethereal or apparitional methodology. Black Project Covert operation that is "unofficial," undocumented, and subject to complete denial, and for which no evidence, facts, or documentation exist to prove it ever happened. Plausible Deniability Insufficient evidence, facts, or documentation to prove an event, action, or operation. Covert Action A secret or top secret project that is completely deniable and without any supporting evidence, facts, or documentation. Hiding in the Light Overt operation usually conducted in the public domain for the purpose of establishing factual and documented actions and events. Extreme Prejudice An action, mission, or operation that "will" be completed without any strategic modification, reservation, or compromise, to an absolute end by any means possible or available. Zero Day A period of time without any history of any relevant action or event. Disinformation Publicity, rumor, or propaganda usually repeated by multiple sources, to establish false or contrary attitudes and opinions that are opposed to the actual situation, condition, or circumstance. DEFINITIONS Subversion Invisible Bullets Psychological Subversion: (PsychSub) is the name given to a method of verbally manipulating people for information. It is similar in practice to so-called social engineering and pretexting, but has a more military focus to it. The Theory of Subversion and Containment is a theory coded as "Invisible Bullets". Subversion and Containment is a means of control. At its simplest level this is achieved by manipulating the fact that another has doubt in their beliefs. The doubt is dubbed Subversion and control of this is Containment. Where this process is calculated, the Subversion is created by the party that wishes to Contain it - Production, Subversion, and Containment. Subversion refers to an attempt to overthrow structures of authority or state. It is an overturning or uprooting. The word is present in all languages of Latin origin, originally applying to such diverse applications as military or political defeat. "Structured lying to advantage." Subterfuge Social, political, or military deception; the act of convincing another to believe information that is not true, or not the whole truth as in certain types of half-truths - coloring or tainting the truth toward a self-serving goal. Deception involves concepts like propaganda, distraction and/or concealment. Fiction, rumor and propaganda, while sometimes manipulative, is not a deception unless it is portrayed as partially truthful or as the whole truth. In many cases it is difficult to distinguish deception from providing unintentionally wrong information. One of the reasons for this is that a person or an entire organization may be self-deceived. Dissimulation consists of concealing the truth, or in the case of half-truths, concealing parts of the truth, like inconvenient or secret information. There are three dissimulation techniques: camouflage (blend into the background) [see "Shadow Denial"], disguise appearance (altering the model) [see "Disinformation"] dazzle (obfuscate the model) [see "Hiding in the Light"]. Espionage Spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage (spying) is inherently clandestine, as the legitimate holder of the information may change plans or take other countermeasures once it is known that the information is in unauthorized hands. Classified as clandestine, HUMINT [Human Intelligence] is an area of, and for, the basic concepts of such information collection: HUMINT operational techniques, HUMINT asset recruiting. Unlike other forms of intelligence collection disciplines, espionage usually involves accessing the place where the desired information is stored, or accessing the people who know the information and will divulge it through some kind of subterfuge. There are exceptions to physical meetings, but usually confined to "third party" interfacing. "The act of obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communicating, or receiving information about national defense with an intent, or reason to believe, that the information may be used to the injury of the country or to the advantage of any nation. Espionage is a violation of law. Most nations, conduct espionage against other nations. Espionage is usually part of an institutional effort, and the term is most readily associated with state spying on potential or actual enemies, primarily for military purposes, but this has been extended to spying involving politics. Many nations routinely spy on both their enemies and allies, although they maintain a policy of not making comment on this. In addition to utilizing agencies within a government many also employ private companies to collect information on their behalf. While news media may speak of "spy satellites" and the like, espionage is not a synonym for all types of intelligence functions. It is a specific form of human source intelligence (HUMINT). Radio signal monitoring (SIGINT and ELINT radio surveillance and intercept), Codebreaking (cryptanalysis or COMINT), aircraft or satellite photography (IMINT), and research in open publications (OSINT) are all intelligence gathering disciplines, but none of them are espionage. Not all HUMINT activities, such as interviewing prisoners, reports from military reconnaissance patrols, and from diplomats, etc., are espionage. |
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