Humint and Espionage – Page 5 – Truth Only Has Few Friends

Being Arrested

These days if you travel internationally or you are going to be working in the emerging markets, you are running the risk of being arrested for some reason.
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Due Diligence & Why It’s Required

The vast majority of problems people have with business deals and investments could be avoided if they bothered to do even the most basic due diligence…
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Kidnap for Ransom – Soviet Style

The only way to fight terrorism is with terrorism… And maybe the only way to fight Kidnap for Ransom is with Kidnap for Ransom…
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Reconnaissance / RECCE Operations

Reconnaissance (recce) operations are a necessity in all tactical operations as they provide pre-operations intelligence on locations, terrorists and can verify or deny a local source’s information.
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Analysis: Assassination attempt on Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal

This case highlights how basic mistakes can lead to big problems. Even when the Palestinians spotted the Mossad Agents acting suspiciously just before the assassination attempt on Khaled Meshaal they took no preventive measures; bodyguards just follow people around and open doors right?
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Personal Security & Close Protection in Crowds

Over the years I have been caught up in several situations with crowds where things could have gone very bad, very quickly. Crowds are best avoided at all cost when providing close protection / bodyguard services to say journalists, but some clients’ want to be, or need to be at the center of the party…
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Investigative Journalist Security: Staying Alive to Tell the Truth – Books on Amazon

Sadly, these days the rights of journalists, activists, bloggers and those who believe in freedom of speech in general, are being eroded, usually in the name of national security or political correctness.
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Hostage Negotiation for Dummies – NATO’s Retreat From Afghanistan

I wrote this article during the disastrous and chaotic NATOs retreat from Afghanistan in 2021. There are many basic points on how not to conduct hostage negotiations, that can be identified from this whole fiasco, which led to the needless deaths of thousands of people.
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Crime Fiction Books: The Collectors – Death is Easy, Life is Hard

The Collectors is a technically accurate, dark, violent and humorous crime fiction story that will take you into the world of today’s criminal elite and give you a glimpse of the immoral lifestyles of the wealthy degenerates that call South Florida their home…
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