Spycraft
Tradecraft of agents
Spycraft is the skills, techniques, and tradecraft used in espionage—surveillance, code-breaking, disguise, dead drops, and covert communication.
The term covers both the practical methods and the broader art of intelligence work: She learned spycraft at the CIA, The novel gets the spycraft details right.
Often romanticized in fiction, actual spycraft tends toward patient, unglamorous work.
Systematic observation of subjects
- dead dropSecret exchange location
- brush passSurreptitious walking exchange
- safe houseSecret secure refuge
- cipherHidden writing system
microdot · handler · asset · legend · exfiltration · infiltration · countersurveillance · cutout
Secret agent entertainment property
- mole huntSearch for internal spy
- double agentSpy betraying their side
- femme fataleTreacherous enchantress
- villainWicked story antagonist
gadgeteer · thriller · Cold War · intrigue · betrayal · defection · honey trap · sleeper agent
U.S. foreign intelligence service
- MI6UK espionage agency
- KGBUSSR intelligence service
- MossadIsraeli espionage service
- RAWUnaltered sensor output format
Stasi · SIS · GRU · counterintelligence · station chief · case officer · field agent · operative
Concealed recording device
- listening deviceHidden surveillance microphone
- invisible inkHidden writing fluid
- button cameraMiniature surveillance camera in clothing
- lockpick setLock-manipulation tool collection
surveillance
Systematic observation of subjects
- dead dropSecret exchange location
- brush passSurreptitious walking exchange
- safe houseSecret secure refuge
cipher · microdot · handler · asset · legend · exfiltration · infiltration · countersurveillance · cutout · signal
Mission Impossible
Secret agent entertainment property
- mole huntSearch for internal spy
- double agentSpy betraying their side
- femme fataleTreacherous enchantress
villain · gadgeteer · thriller · Cold War · intrigue · betrayal · defection · honey trap · sleeper agent · Smiley
CIA
U.S. foreign intelligence service
RAW · Stasi · SIS · GRU · counterintelligence · station chief · case officer · field agent · operative · analyst
hidden camera
Concealed recording device
- listening deviceHidden surveillance microphone
- invisible inkHidden writing fluid
- button cameraMiniature surveillance camera in clothing
Spycrafttransparency
State of being see-through
public disclosure · candor · openness · forthrightness · plain dealing
Spycraftpublic relations
Organizational reputation management
journalism · diplomatic protocol · broadcasting · public affairs · press relations
Spycraftopen communication
Unrestricted exchange of information
declassification · publication · freedom of information · truth-telling · leaking
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