CLANDESTINE ///
Fading Covers: The “Hard Hat”
This is a series of intel regarding the various types of ‘fading covers’ (e.g. shift disguises, temporary identities) for access, security and to blend in.
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The Double Agent
![CIA KGB Double Agent in Moscow, Russia /// Tradecraft [trdcrft]](https://trdcrft.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CIA-KGB-Double-Agent-in-Moscow-Russia.jpg)
Deep dive into the double agent; personnel that engages clandestine moves for more than one opposing security service or intelligence agency.
Surveillance Detection Route (SDR)
![Surveillance Detection Route (SDR) in Amsterdam, Netherlands /// Tradecraft [trdcrft]](https://trdcrft.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/8FF838E7-D820-4C0F-B478-AA42A92AAA84.jpeg)
The surveillance detection route concept is a personnel movement and navigational system of strategy to detect, counter and avoid surveillance.
The Stealth Physicality Directive
![The Stealth Physicality Directive in Bangkok, Thailand /// Tradecraft [trdcrft]](https://trdcrft.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DB077DAC-D8C9-411F-A8C6-B5B4FC8893FF.jpeg)
The persistent and active practice of audibly imperceptible physical movements by way of a deliberate and comprehensive stealthy state of being.
Traceless / Faceless Directive
A fundamental operational sub-directive of developing and maintaining a clandestine post-presence, adapted into a default habitual mentality.
‘Shedding Skin’: Active Urban Camouflage Tactic
A standard “disguise-shift” for escape and evasion in busy urban environments. Always on standby when applied – to activate on the fly as needed.
Covert Public Communication via Theatrical Misdirection
Certain measures must be taken for public face-to-face communication with an asset or associate that require complete irrelativity to each other.
