How to catch a spy?
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https://doi.org/10.58960/rbi.2023.18.236Keywords:
case study; counterespionage; espionage.Abstract
Espionage is used to obtain information to support the state decision-making process. States practice counterintelligence to protect their secrets. Three distinct cases of espionage (Ana Montes, Brian Regan and the Illegals) are briefly presented. These are an individual infiltration case, a disgruntled employee case, and a spy network case. Despite being very different, the three cases have in common the fact that they were discovered based on information provided by a source recruited from the opposing intelligence agency. This essay discusses offensive counterintelligence and concludes that effective counterintelligence requires an effort to recruit sources in opposing intelligence organizations.
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GOLDMAM, A. US Spy Freed by Cuba Was Longtime Asset. The Washington Post, 18 dez. 2014. Disponível em: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-spy-freed-by-cuba-was-longtime-asset/2014/12/17/a3b374c4-8612-11e4-a702-fa31ff4ae98e_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_5. Acesso em: 24 jul. 2021.
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HULNICK, Arthur S. Espionage: Does It Have a Future in the 21st Century? Brown Journal of World Affairs, v. 11, n. 1, p. 165-73. 2004. Disponível em: https://bjwa.brown.edu/11-1/espionage-does-it-have-a-future-in-the-21-st-century/. Acesso em: 13 mar. 2023.
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MITROKHIN, Victor. KGB Lexicon: The Soviet Intelligence Officers Handbook. London: Routledge, 2002.
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POTEEV’S case: traitor caused $ 50 million damage but could not deceive the authorities with his Ukrainian mistress. Newsru.com, Moscou, 28 jun. 2011. Disponível em: https://www.newsru.com/russia/28jun2011/poteev.html. Acesso em: 17 dez. 2020.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Southern District of New York. United States of America X Anna Chapman e Mikhail Semenko. 27 de junho de 2010b. Disponível em: https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/legacy/2010/06/28/062810complaint1.pdf. Acesso em: 28 dez. 2020.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. United States of America v. Brian P. Regan, No. CRIM. 01-405-A. Criminal Complaint, August, 2001a. Disponível em: https://fas.org/irp/ops/ci/regan_complaint.html. Acesso em: 25 jul. 2021.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. United States of America v. Brian P. Regan, No. CRIM. 01-405-A. Indictiment, October 23, 2001b. Disponível em: https://fas.org/irp/ops/ci/regan_indict.html. Acesso em: 25 jul. 2021.
WETTERING, Frederick L. Counterintelligence: The Broken Triad. International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, v. 13, n. 3, p. 265-300. Londres: Taylor and Francis, 2000. Disponível em: DOI: 10.1080/08850600050140607. Acesso em: 28 dez. 2020.
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Ribeiro Pereira, Alfredo. 2023. “How to Catch a Spy?”. Brazilian Journal of Intelligence, no. 18 (October). Brasília, Brasil:269-79. https://doi.org/10.58960/rbi.2023.18.236.
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