Tradecraft

Tradecraft

Tradecraft is a general term that denotes a skill acquired through experience in a trade.

The term is also used within the Intelligence Community as a collective word for the techniques used in modern espionage. It can be used to refer to general topics or techniques (dead drops, for example), or the specific techniques of a nation or organization (the particular form of encryption used by the NSA, for example).

Espionage technology and techniques

* Internet brigades
* Front organization
* Astroturfing
* Cryptography
* Steganography
* Dead drop
* Cut-out
* Eavesdropping
* Surveillance
* One-time pad
* One-way voice link
* Concealment device
* Agent handling
* Interrogation
* Black Bag Operations
* False Flag Operations
* Honey trap
* TEMPEST — Protection devices for communication equipment.

External links

* [http://intellit.muskingum.edu/analysis_folder/di_catn_Folder/contents.htm Tradecraft Notes - via Professor J. Ransom Clark, Muskingum College]


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