200--Counterintelligence Realities for Analysts

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200

Counterintelligence Realities for Analysts

This seminar is designed for analysts or scientists, to provide them with a better understanding of counterintelligence and how to protect themselves from becoming targets of foreign intelligence services.

The course covers:

The recruitment process
Dealing with liaison
Understanding how vulnerable one is to elicitation
How to protect against elicitation
Why espionage is so important in world events
The impact of espionage on policy
Targeting of analysts

[2 days]

Course Feedback

What did you learn in this course that will help you in your career and profession?

“Refresher on my vulnerabilities and reminder to keep my guard up.”
“What CI is and how I can identify when I am being elicited.”
“Personality characteristics of spies—maybe see warning signs and know when to report someone.”
“Emphasis on knowing our own weaknesses.”
“This course did a great job of raising my awareness.”
“I received a solid grounding in CI and the tactics FS might use.”
“Greater basis of information on how operational officers approach elicitation and therefore surmising defensive postures.”

What will you do differently as a result of this knowledge?

“I have a better idea of how to recognize and deflect possible attention on the part of other intelligence organizations and, I suspect, scam artists and fraudsters, as well.”
“Be more cautious in my liaison meetings.”
“I will give some thought to my own vulnerabilities and make sure I don’t have any weak points that could get me in trouble.”
“I will be more comfortable with the idea that I will be surveyed while overseas. That as an analyst this is common.”
“Developed greater awareness of scrutiny that should be adopted on TDYs, etc. and opportunities to avoid elicitation.”

What did you like best about this course and why?

“I really enjoyed Tony’s lecture on the recruitment process and David Major’s lecture on CI practices.”
“Great presenters speaking on the material.”
“That our instructors have so much experience and are able to give real-life examples.”
“Like how instructors are from more than one agency.”
“Case studies of espionage in the USG.”
“It was all valuable, but I probably learned the most in the session with the psychologist.”
“Video clips in several modules were extremely helpful in illustrating key points.”
“The personalities of the presenters were varied and interesting.”
“The presentation by David Major…it was fascinating, engaging, and informative.”
“’Understanding the CI Officer’s View of the World’ was great. Very practical and entertaining.”

More Feedback

“The course heightened my awareness of CI issues.”

“Will definitely make me more aware and vigilant. Great presenters and fascinating material.”

“Of all the training courses I have taken, this one has been the best and enjoyed it and learned a lot. I will surely recommend this class to others and look forward to taking more classes offered here. Thank you for the great class!”

“Excellent course. Enjoyed learning about the methods employed both to target analysts and to recruit agents. Learned more about the recruitment cycle and made me more aware of the need to pay attention to my surroundings more. Enjoyed the summary of security lessons learned at the end of the course. Nice way to tie everything together with the last presentation.”

“I am working on sending my full staff to your courses. These classes are of great support to us.”

“Very enjoyable course. Useful information that sparks much thought and review for continuous analysis.”

“Good pace, speakers delivered their message with great expertise and enthusiasm; gave a very comprehensive introduction to the world of CI to analysts; very useful and informative as well as enjoyable; would highly recommend to new IC analysts.”

“Increased my awareness of the potential CI risks.”

“Having dynamic speakers enhances the course greatly. All of the material addressed is very useful in increasing our awareness.”

“The most important thing I learned was that as an analyst, based in DC, I am still a high-value target.”

“Very good course. Would recommend to all colleagues. Should be a required course for all counterintelligence professionals.”

“Overall this course was very interesting and enlightening. As a new analyst, I felt I learned more about CI in this course than in any other briefing I’ve attended thus far. The cases studies were excellent and truly make the course engaging and unique. I came into this course expecting to learn more specifically how to avoid becoming a target myself, and I believe that is what the title of this course conveys. As a whole, however, I am very happy I took this course. I do feel I learned quite a bit, and I would recommend this to anyone, especially new analysts. This is a great Centre, and I am looking forward to more courses.”

“This is one of the best classes I have been to so far. I always enjoy coming to this Centre and am excited to return soon. I will definitely recommend this class to others.”

“This was an excellent and informative course that I would recommend all analysts take early on in their careers.”

“Useful discussion on how to deal with elicitation in situations I’m likely to encounter in and out of work.”

“Very well developed, structured—great content.”

“The course has made me more aware, and with clear, specific signposts, of how elicitation and recruitment is done. I believe this has heightened my awareness and ability to recognize these methods should I encounter them.”

“Very great class!! I am definitely more aware of foreign recruitment techniques and will be cautious when I am out and about.”

“This course made me more aware of the fact that analysts are a target of foreign intelligence agencies more so than field agents, because of their access to all-source intelligence.”

“This course was excellent. It really helped drive home CI lessons that I have informally picked up during the course of my government service. Learning how the Soviets/Russians view assets and the recruitment process was extremely valuable. I look forward to taking more of these courses in the future.”

“Very good use of video and visual aids—makes the stories come alive.”

“As a result of this course, I have better awareness.”

“Great course. Heightened my awareness.”

“I would recommend this course to others with enthusiasm! I am more CI aware. I plan to talk with management and security about CI issues/questions raised in last 2 days. You should offer a class for family and spouses since this concerns them as much as us.”

“The course significantly improved my understanding of the CI issues facing analysts AND all members of the IC. I feel more prepared to operate at home and in foreign environments

“It has helped me understand my vulnerabilities as well as increase my awareness of how recruitment might happen. I think this course should be given to all analysts.”

“Great introduction and discussions re CI. I think I’ll be more aware of my environment—both here in the US and abroad. Thanks!”

“This course was very eye-opening about the real threat of foreign services.”

“Fascinating insight and lots to think about. Increased my awareness of CI issues and my understanding of past cases.”

“The course was very informative and made me aware of CI influences that I had not previously considered.”

“In general, this should be required training. We all need to be aware of methods used by intelligence services to recruit.”

“CI Centre always provides incredible insight. Par for the course. I really enjoyed.”

“This two day course was an excellent CI awareness course.”

“Useful course; more engaging than expected. I leave with better understanding of recruitment techniques and increased awareness of my status as target and leave better prepared to deal with future challenges.”

“It was very interesting to hear the real-life stories and to see how susceptible anyone can be. It was also informational to learn of the recruitment process so as to be more aware of what could happen.”

“A very good course that was well researched and presented.”

“Great course and professional/entertaining speakers.”

“It was recommended by a branch-mate. I will also recommend it!”

“Practical course well presented; presenters are knowledgeable.”