Secret Agent Skills
Team work is critical to achieve your mission. Moreover; team work is what will put you, your department performance or business head and shoulders above the rest.
There are many occasions in your day to day where probing questions in a relaxed social setting can tell you more about your team members mindset and possible issues they may be having. Conversing to a collegue or friend is clearly much easier than some onw A secret agent
An ‘Illegal’ is commonly referred to an operative from another country who has not been declared as such to the local authorities. Such agents may work for foreign embassies. It is those who are undeclared; albeit visiting, in transit or long-term sleeper agents that are of greatest risk to national security.
A robust ‘Legend Building’ process is achieved by adopting, taking over and consolidating another persons identity, where any initial background checks would not raise any suspicions. This may include adopting a young dead persons name and DoB as there is little or no evidence of their identity and life on record. An infant’s identity is best as facial recognition is currently not possible.
Trade Craft Materials are essential to a successful agent transferring information and materials whilst avoiding detection. However, the most wanted man on the planet, Osama Bin Laden successfully avoided capture by not utilising technology and maintaining a strict covert regime where not even pinpoint satellite surveillance was able to confirm his identity. Pen and paper orders and instructions curriered by a relaible confidant was his preferred method.
This is, what is referred to as CoveComm (Covert Communications).