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2022-08-28 Government Corruption

CIA Admits to Losing Dozens of Intelligence Assets Around the World

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-28 12:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 The large number of compromised informants in recent years also demonstrated the growing prowess of other countries in employing innovations like biometric scans, facial recognition, artificial intelligence and hacking tools to track the movements of C.I.A. officers in order to discover their sources.

Emphasis added.

Anyone operating out of an embassy, enjoying diplomatic immunity (US black passport), must be assumed to be (by the host nation) an official cover operative. Any communications, contacts, or travel they may have may also be assumed to be intelligence related.

Non-Office Cover intelligence operations require long-term commitment. Their development requires very careful recruitment, extensive training, considerable financial expenditure, and decades of development.

Did I mention 'long-term commitment?'

Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-28 12:41|| 2022-08-28 12:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Must be tough in the computer age to establish a [cover] history and do it right.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-08-28 12:44|| 2022-08-28 12:44|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ Yes, extraordinarily difficult, hence the trend toward short-term, paid sources within the host nation. Such assets can be unreliable, working both sides of the fence, or both.

Losing global credibility and respect, coupled with asset betrayal, as you might imagine, buggers things on many levels.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-28 12:55|| 2022-08-28 12:55|| Front Page Top

#4 And I do wonder if the old timers at Camp Peary and AFCITC have long gone, either from just being 'old' or simply disgusted by how things are nowadays.

And given the "entitled" woke snowflakes and their stress cards, I don't have a good feeling that things will get much better.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-08-28 13:05|| 2022-08-28 13:05|| Front Page Top

#5 See what those classified documents Trump kept did! /s

Posted by Glenmore 2022-08-28 13:51|| 2022-08-28 13:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Bye.

Posted by Regular joe 2022-08-28 14:32|| 2022-08-28 14:32|| Front Page Top

#7 The CIA Blames Incompetence for Losing Dozens of Agents but Is That the Real Story?

Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-28 14:35|| 2022-08-28 14:35|| Front Page Top

#8 MANDATORY RETIREMENT | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)
The mandatory retirement point for those covered is 60 years of age for SIS-3 and below, and 65 years of age for SIS-4 and above.

Therefore, the "Cold War" warriors are all gone by now...#4

Posted by Neville Unavitle4308 2022-08-28 14:42|| 2022-08-28 14:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Do they mention Obama handing over the OPM Database to the Chinese?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-08-28 15:43|| 2022-08-28 15:43|| Front Page Top

#10

Posted by Cholutle Thrans9751 2022-08-28 15:44|| 2022-08-28 15:44|| Front Page Top

#11 Too busy overthrowing the government at home. Those assets are still active.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-08-28 16:08|| 2022-08-28 16:08|| Front Page Top

#12 How many School board infiltrators in that number?

Posted by AlanC 2022-08-28 16:42|| 2022-08-28 16:42|| Front Page Top

#13 I haven't trusted the CIA since they decided they wanted Roland dead.

Posted by Bunyip 2022-08-28 23:39|| 2022-08-28 23:39|| Front Page Top

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