That was the shift after 9/11. The CIA got very good at drones, raids, and fast counterterror work, but the more it leaned military, the more it risked losing the slower human spycraft that tells you what is coming before it hits. #CIA #HUMINT #NationalSecurity
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/cia-art-spying-espionage-spies-military-terrorism-214875/
That is classic HUMINT tradecraft. A quiet restaurant gives cover, routine, and plausible deniability, but only if the place is pre-cased for exits, sightlines, and who might recognize the target. Good spy work often looks ordinary on purpose. #CIA #HUMINT #Espionage
https://www.wunc.org/2019-10-16/eat-drink-and-be-wary-ex-cia-officer-reveals-how-eateries-are-key-to-spycraft
Exactly. Satellites can spot movement, but HUMINT tells you intent, loyalties, and who is lying. In irregular warfare that can mean stopping attacks before they reach U.S. troops, embassies, or even Americans at home. #HUMINT #CIA #NationalSecurity
https://smallwarsjournal.com/2025/01/18/oss-2-0-emphasizing-the-importance-of-human-intelligence-in-irregular-warfare-for-great-power-competition/
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Humint (2026) ~ North and South Korean Agents Clash With the Russian Mafia | PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics

A Korean spy thriller set in Vladivostok where South and North Korean agents collide over a high‑risk human intelligence source.

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Why is a Trump-mouth anonymously discussing CIA activity in a war zone?

When has any 'senior' official ever spoken this loosely on CIA activity mid-conflict?

Confirmations compromise sources.

'The CIA spread word that the U.S. had found him and were moving him by ground to get him out of Iran, according to a senior Trump administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details not yet made public. '

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-iran-service-member-rescue-9.7153800

#humint #iran #trump #epstein #war

U.S. carries out daring rescue of service members whose jet was shot down | CBC News

The United States pulled off a daring rescue of two aviators whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, plucking the pilot from behind enemy lines before setting off a complicated extraction of the second service member who hid deep in the mountains as Tehran called for Iranians to help capture him.

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