Across
- 4. In a surveillance exercise, the one directing the team remotely, usually by electronic communications.
- 6. The British domestic and foreign counterintelligence service responsible for national internal security.
- 9. Casual observers to a surveillance exercise; nonparticipants visible in the area.
- 11. Often used interchangeably with handler, but usually means a hostile force is involved-that is, the agent has come under control of the opposition.
- 14. A system used to hide a message.
- 15. A person who has intelligence value who volunteers to work for another intelligence service. He may be requesting asylum or can remain in place.
- 17. A sophisticated disguise first used in the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
Down
- 1. The target in a surveillance operation
- 2. A mechanism or person that acts as a compartment between the members of an operation but which allows them to pass material or messages securely.
- 3. A person trained to protect persons, usually VIPs from assassination or injury.
- 5. The surprise capture and arrest of a case officer in an act of espionage by an opposing counterintelligence or security service.
- 7. The overt behavior and daily routine of an operative that makes his identity unique.
- 8. A gatekeeper commonly used in the Asian Subcontinent for guarding the entrances to walled compounds.
- 10. When a case officer or agent is compromised, or a surveillant has been made by a target, usually because they make eye contact.
- 12. An intelligence officer or agent operating in the field.
- 13. When a surveillance team is following so close on foot they seem to be moving in lockstep with the target.
- 16. A sensitive disguise and deception illusionary technique first deployed by the CIA in Moscow during the mid-1970s.
- 18. A person recruited by staff to investigate and solve problems.
- 19. A code word meaning that the subject matter is extremely sensitive.