Facing an Enemy With Nothing to Lose
The tradecraft guide to facing an enemy or adversary with a “nothing to lose” mindset. Covert operatives...
Tradecraft
CIA ‘OODA Loop’ Process
The OODA Loop is a tactical decision-making process that shapes covert operations. This intel aims to shed...
TSCM: Technical Surveillance Counter Measures
A specialized tradecraft discipline aimed at detecting, neutralizing, and preventing unauthorized electronic surveillance and information theft. [INTEL:...
How to Assess Your Surroundings Like an FBI Agent
The tradecraft guide on situational awareness, modeled after techniques employed by FBI agents and tailored for covert...
Exfiltration Techniques: Primer
Exfiltration techniques are the tradecraft methods and tactics used to extract personnel, intelligence, or equipment from a...
Tracking People in Urban Environments: Guide
The tradecraft outline guide to urban tracking; the methodology of tracking individuals in the physical world of...
The Perfect/Total Security Myth
Whether it’s the fortified walls of a military compound, the encrypted algorithms guarding classified digital information, or...
Profiling People Like The FBI
The tradecraft introductory guide to the actual FBI method of profiling; modified for utilizing it professionally in...
The Tradecraft of Timing
“Timing is everything” – a phrase often used but seldom dissected. In the world of a covert...
The Yes Ladder Technique of Persuasion
A tradecraft method of persuasion initially honed in the domains of sales and negotiation. This technique, suitably...
CIA Risk Assessment Method: The Unseen Architecture of Covert Ops and Everyday Life
Risk assessment, a term that might strike as buzzword-laden corporate jargon to some, but for a Central...
Coercive Persuasion Tradecraft
In tradecraft, coercive persuasion is a form of psychological manipulation that’s used to change an individual’s beliefs,...