Spy games, Syria, and the Great Game
A fascinating, just completed, counterintelligence operation is revealed, as well as notes on the Afghan dilemma for Biden and the U.S.
Spy Games
Our instruments are (1) provocations, (2) double agents, (3) penetrations, and (4) a support apparatus—a string quartet against the enemy’s horns and kettle drums and squawking bassoons. - William R. Johnson, CIA, in his masterpiece on counterintelligence, Thwarting Enemies at Home and Abroad.
Counterintelligence operations, by design, rarely sp…