From:	Bruce <gyro@********.CO.ZA>
Subject:	SUBMIT : Intel hints
Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:54:05 +0200

INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS
from a briefing given by Special Agent Al Morris, UCAS FBI
and Agent Sylvia Adams, UCAS CIA
Golden Rules.

1. The subject is inviolate. If you are watching, watch.
2. Do NOT get attatched. The subject is beyond your emotional range.
3. Make sure that no-one is watching the watcher (you). The easiest
way to get field operatives killed is to compromise the identity
of the subject.
4. Behave according to the norms of the area. Blend in and observe
customs, rules, laws and traditions.
5. Use the field equipment issued to you to your full ability. Don't
take chances, ask the issuing personnel for training if you are
unfamiliar with any function of your equipment.
6. Travel light. Never set up over-complicated observation posts. If
you can't take it all with you in 60 seconds, you have too much
stuff. Period.
7. Report to your controllers regularly. They ARE worried about you
and need to know where you are, with whom and what you are doing.
8. Forward any important data you collect ASAP. Do not get caught with
incriminating information. You are there for a reason. Make sure
only the right people get the information you are collecting.
9. Do NOT let personal differences interfere with your field work. You
will be working with a team, in a mutually life threatening
situation. Withoout complete trust you are endangering the whole
team and the success of the operation.
10. Be alert to sudden changes in the situation and to your orders. Be
prepared to act independently. Great results come from great minds.

Pre-operation preperations.

1. Spend as much time as possible in reseach. De-brief agents that have
worked in the area. Read about the people and their customs.
Understand the laws, no matter how stupid they may sound to you.
Driving on the wrong side of the road may get you in a local jail
before you leave the airport.
2. Take notes on what you have learnt for future reference by yourself
and other agents.
3. Requisition the equipment you feel that you may need, and that you
can take with you. Otherwise, ensure that the necessary equipment
can and will be made available when you arrive.
4. Make fool-proof travel plans. Rather take two days to get there than
catching three connecting flights with 20 minutes of terminal time
between them. Anything can happen.
5. Find out who you are working with, both on your team and in the
operations area. As stated above, you will be putting your life
in their hands.
6. Discover whether you are ready. Physically fit, mentally sound and
emotionally stable. If you feel you do not meet these criteria,
apply to be taken off the mission immediately. Do not be embarresed.
You will be more than embarresed if you become responsible for a
mistake in the field.

Some facts that they don't tell you in training.

1. Surveillance is boring. Bring a box of donuts. (NOT a chip player)
2. Magic is deadly. Shoot the mage/shaman/whatever first. Carry a knife.
3. Firefights are deadly. Walk quietly and carry a BIG GUN.
4. Your team-mates only think of themselves under fire. Save your self
and shake hands afterwards.
5. Hostile governments and organisations are just that.
6. Smoking cigarettes on the job will get you DEAD. Quit now.
7. SNAFU happens. Plans disaprear. Bets are off. Deal with it.
8. All your training means dick in the jungle. Have a back-up plan.


BRUCE <gyro@********.co.za>

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