Espionage

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  1. COMINT
    technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipients
    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.
  2. cryptanalysis
    the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
    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.
  3. espionage
    the systematic use of spies to obtain secrets
    Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information.
  4. Secret Intelligence Service
    the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas
    Britain's espionage activities are controlled by the Secret Intelligence Service
  5. tradecraft
    the techniques and skills used in espionage
    See clandestine HUMINT for the basic concepts of such information collection, and subordinate articles such as clandestine HUMINT operational techniques and clandestine HUMINT asset recruiting for discussions of the "tradecraft" used to collect this information.
  6. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
    Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it is known that the information is in unauthorized hands.
  7. spy satellite
    a satellite with sensors to detect nuclear explosions
    While news media may speak of "spy satellites" and the like, espionage is not a synonym for all intelligence functions.
  8. countermeasure
    an action taken to offset another action
    Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it is known that the information is in unauthorized hands.
  9. social movement
    a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
    Government surveillance of civil society groups, social movements, and individuals involved in political activism, such as COINTELPRO conducted by the FBI, is not covered by the present article.
  10. spying
    keeping a secret or furtive watch
    Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information.
  11. transmitting
    the act of sending a message
    The US defines espionage towards itself as "The act of obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communicating, or receiving information about the national defense with an intent, or reason to believe, that the information may be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation.
  12. information
    knowledge acquired through study or experience
    Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information.
  13. activism
    a policy of action to achieve a political or social goal
    Government surveillance of civil society groups, social movements, and individuals involved in political activism, such as COINTELPRO conducted by the FBI, is not covered by the present article.
  14. inherently
    in an essential manner
    Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it is known that the information is in unauthorized hands.
  15. Oslo
    the capital and largest city of Norway
    There are exceptions to physical meetings, such as the Oslo Report, or the insistence of Robert Hanssen in never meeting the people to whom he was selling information.
  16. divulge
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
    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.
  17. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
    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.
  18. reconnaissance
    the act of scouting, especially to gain information
    Many HUMINT activities, such as prisoner interrogation, reports from military reconnaissance patrols and from diplomats, etc., are not espionage.
  19. satellite
    any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
    While news media may speak of "spy satellites" and the like, espionage is not a synonym for all intelligence functions.
  20. surveillance
    close observation of a person or group
    Government surveillance of civil society groups, social movements, and individuals involved in political activism, such as COINTELPRO conducted by the FBI, is not covered by the present article.
  21. interrogation
    an instance of questioning
    Many HUMINT activities, such as prisoner interrogation, reports from military reconnaissance patrols and from diplomats, etc., are not espionage.
Created on Thu Sep 23 03:46:55 EDT 2010

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