case officers
Spy network managers
Case officers are intelligence operatives who recruit and manage human sources—the spies who provide information.
They work for agencies like the CIA or MI6, meeting covertly with assets, assessing their reliability, and directing their activities.
The term distinguishes handlers of human intelligence from analysts or technicians: Her case officer instructed her to photograph the documents.
- handlerOne who manages something
- intelligence assetPerson supplying secret information
- tradecraftEspionage methods and skills
- brush passSurreptitious walking exchange
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
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case officersanalysts
Those who dissect data
administrative staff · paper pushers · bureaucrats · administrators
case officersassets
Owned items of value
agents · sources · informants · spies · moles
case officerssurveillance teams
Groups conducting covert observation
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