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A covert operative’s guide to owning any given urban street in real time as a professional on...

In covert ops, disappearing doesn’t always mean ducking into alleyways or slipping through shadows – it means...

How do you know if someone’s running game on you by way of social engineering? This is...

A guide to running a base background check CIA-style, using open-source intelligence and tradecraft – without special...

When law enforcement executes a raid, it’s not some chaotic bust you see in the movies. It’s...

The signs covert operatives recognize that their mobile phone or landline is tapped. Adapted from CIA field...

FBI profiling isn’t just people-watching, it’s gathering behavioral intel, decoding patterns, and using observational skills to assess...

The ability to spot weakness can give you control in negotiating, persuading, or assessing a potential threat....

Chaos isn’t the enemy, it’s just the environment. You can either fight it, freeze in it, or...

Whether you’re navigating a dangerous city, infiltrating a hostile network, or just trying to hold your own...

Walking into any room or space, you’ve got about ten seconds to figure out the situation and...

Crowds are more than just groups of people moving through public spaces – they’re living, breathing sensors....