[FIST]Espionage
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[FIST]Espionage
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History
Events involving espionage are well documented throughout history. The ancient writings of Chinese and Indian military strategists such as Sun-Tzu and Chanakya contain information on deception and subversion. Chanakya's student Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Maurya Empire in India, made use of assassinations, spies and secret agents, which are described in Chanakya's Arthasastra. The ancient Egyptians had a thoroughly developed system for the acquisition of intelligence, and the Hebrews used spies as well, as in the story of Rahab. Spies were also prevalent in the Greek and Roman empires. During the 13th and 14th centuries, the Mongols relied heavily on espionage in their conquests in Asia and Europe. Feudal Japan often used ninja to gather intelligence. More recently, spies played a significant part in Elizabethan England (see Francis Walsingham). Many modern espionage methods were well established even then. Aztecs used Pochtecas, people in charge of commerce, as spies and diplomats, and had diplomatic immunity. Along with the pochteca, before a battle or war, secret agents, quimitchin, were sent to spy amongst enemies usually wearing the local costume and speaking the local language, techniques similar to modern secret agents.
What happened to the great art of Espionage in erepublik? First let's look a little at the definition and how it can develop into many different roles.
Espionage or spying involves a government or individual obtaining information considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, as it is taken for granted that it is unwelcome and in many cases illegal and punishable by law. It is a subset of "intelligence gathering", which otherwise may be conducted from public sources and using perfectly legal and ethical means. It is crucial to distinguish espionage from "intelligence" gathering, as the latter does not necessarily involve espionage, but often collates open-source information.
I remember when the eUSA's CIA had Covert agents in foreign countries. Do you remember Rod Damon? He seems to have died which is a pity, as he was the person I best remember leading the eUSA's CIA when I first started playing erepublik. I was not in high levels of government at that time, but I have been assured that we were in many foreign states' inner circles.
One of the most effective ways to gather data and information about the enemy (or potential enemy) is by infiltrating the enemy's ranks. This is the job of the spy (espionage agent). Spies can bring back all sorts of information concerning the size and strength of an enemy army. They can also find dissidents within the enemy's forces and influence them to defect. In times of crisis, spies can also be used to steal technology and to sabotage the enemy in various ways. Counterintelligence operatives can feed false information to enemy spies, protecting important domestic secrets, and preventing attempts at subversion. Nearly every country has very strict laws concerning espionage, and the penalty for being caught is often severe. However, the benefits that can be gained through espionage are generally great enough that most governments and many large corporations make use of it to varying degrees.
This now brings us to the Covert Agent, the primary asset of any nation involved in espionage. What is a covert agent?
Cornell Law definition
The term covert agent means:
(A) a present or retired officer or employee of an intelligence agency or a present or retired member of the Armed Forces assigned to duty with an intelligence agency—
(i) whose identity as such an officer, employee, or member is classified information, and
(ii) who is serving outside the United States or has within the last five years served outside the United States; or
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a United States citizen whose intelligence relationship to the United States is classified information, and—
(i) who resides and acts outside the United States as an agent of, or informant or source of operational assistance to, an intelligence agency, or
(ii) who is at the time of the disclosure acting as an agent of, or informant to, the foreign counterintelligence or foreign counterterrorism components of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or
(C) an individual, other than a United States citizen, whose past or present intelligence relationship to the United States is classified information and who is a present or former agent of, or a present or former informant or source of operational assistance to, an intelligence agency.
I wonder how many agents the eUSA has working for them, right now. I'd love to get a glimpse into the workings of the eSerbian spy aparatus. Now, when things get really hairy, you can end up with double or even triple agents, which can complicate matters even further.
A double agent, or double secret agent, is a counterintelligence term used to designate an employee of a secret service or organization, whose primary aim is to spy on a different target organization, but who in fact is a member of that same target organization themselves.
Double agentry may be practiced by spies of the target organization who infiltrate the controlling organization, or may result from the turning (switching sides) of previously loyal agents of the controlling organization by the target. The threat of execution is the most common method of turning a captured agent (working for an intelligence service) into a double agent (working for a foreign intelligence service) or a double agent into a re-doubled agent. It is unlike a defector, who is not considered an agent as agents are in place to function for an intelligence service and defectors are not, but some consider that defectors in place are agents until they have defected.
A triple agent pretends to be a double agent for one side, while he or she is truly a double agent for the other side.
I bring this all up because the game of erepublik is full of multis, which we hear about all the time and spies, which you just don't hear about much. I'd like to dedicate this article to all of them out there, doing their jobs with little to no recognition of their work. I'd also like to dedicate this to their handlers, where-ever or whomever they may be. Who knows? Some of them could even be high-ranking members of the elite. Could even be a CP or head of State. We may never know.
But, I'd love to encourage everyone to rekindle this art. As old as time itself, espionage dates back to ancient times.
Here's to you, the unsung heroes of erepublik, operating in the shadows.
Regards,
Citizen, eUSA
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i was first just took longer to comment
encourage spies and multies uhmm ? why. nothing as annoying as getting a fp point and you know its some multi controlled by another player on the other side.
Love it or hate it, Spies are an integral part of the game.
Voted!
I don't know a lot about spies. But, fear does a lot to motivate people.
Indeed.
Fear is a bad motivator 😉
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Session Start: Sat Mar 15 17:12:37 2014
Session Ident: ValiantThor
[20:14] hi again
01[20:14] hey
[20:14] have some nasty stuff and need the right person to talk to
01[20:14] ok
01[20:14] sup?
[20:14] regarding national security
01[20:15] that would be me then
[20:15] top secret shit
06[20:15] * Artela|Ping is the CIA for USA
[20:15] he he
01[20:15] look at my awards in forums for confirmation 🙂
[20:15] canabis smokers association?
01[20:16] hehehe
01[20:16] anyway, what's the problem?
[20:16] was approached by one of the PTO guys
01[20:16] AFA? or Lauren's lot?
[20:17] ex AFA
[20:18] Like, the game is boring, so when you become PP let's PTO the party
[20:18] said "sure" to see where it will lead to
01[20:18] I'm suspecting there's some sort of deal like that with Lauren as well
[20:18] is she a real person?
01[20:18] not as far as I can tell
[20:18] she smells a lot like pizza
[20:19] ;-=
01[20:19] "she" has a FB page built at the time "she" joined the game that is too much a match to her in game stuff
01[20:19] no, not pizza, her English is too good
01[20:19] but given some of her support I'm suspecting Croatians
[20:19] wut?
01[20:19] caught some shouting to vote for her
01[20:20] ones that have US citz
[20:20] who was shouting?
01[20:20] one of them was a UM guy - I've dealt with that in UM
[20:20] from ElvenCRO's ppl
01[20:20] may just be coincidence, and no, not ElvenCROs people
[20:21] ok
[20:21] anyway
01[20:22] the general thing we advise is "string them along to see what information you can get out of them, but if at any point you have to do things to threaten national security, stop, come ask advice"
[20:22] got contacted today again, like let's do it
01[20:23] so, we don't give them citizenships, we don't put them in congress lists high enough to get selected, that sort of thing
[20:24] so I've told him to contact his ppl in AFA and move them after the election to WTP so that I can get the on the Congress ballot
[20:24] *them
01[20:24]
01[20:24] as long as you're sure you'll be able to manage the list to move them to the bottom of it far enough down to be no risk on the evening you have to set the list 😃
01[20:25] if that makes sense
01[20:25] you should be able to get some stuff from them in the meantime
01[20:25] be prepared to take some flack from your own party if you do this thing though
[20:26] well I thought it would be a good way to find those that are still active as PTOers
01[20:26] indeed - and everytime they move party they lose some in the transfer
01[20:26] 🙂
[20:27] anyway, he's gonna talk to DEANMARTIN so I suspect that he's behind it
01[20:27] oh yes, he was one of the main ones when they were doing well before
[20:28] I know, have met them when I initiated the buy-off with Frost
01[20:28] Also, I suspect this is their back up plan for if RGR fails to get them another party to scoot across to when they lose AFA again lol
01[20:29] things looking better on the tally now
[20:29] they want congress seats
01[20:29] Oblige pulled his finger out and got the party to do stuff like shouts and messages
[2😇0] well, that's what you getr when you sack your girlfriend Lauren LMAO
01[2😇0] ?
[2😇0] joke joke . Luren is Oblige's gf 😃
01[2😇1] ah, ok, lol
[2😇1] *lauren
[2😇1] he's getting a LAP dance
01[2😇1] hehe
[2😇2] Ok, so I'll handle PTO this stuff with you
01[2😇2] other reason "Lauren" is suspected of being a euro with euro followers... euro IP at some point, plus they all vote early
[2😇2] by the IP do we know the country?
01[2😇2] If I'm not around then go to Tyler
[2😇2] ok
01[2😇3] and I think it was Hungary oddly
01[2😇3] I'll warn Tyler, but he's doing DHS stuff, so I'll keep him in the loop
[2😇3] speaking well English and Hungary???
01[2😇3] we tend to have to work together on this sort of stuff
[2😇3] was this her IP on IRC?
01[2😇3] no, in one of the forums
[2😇4] that's irrelevant. I can leave IP from any country on the forums
01[2😇4] frankly, even though I'm female, I tend to treat other "females" who act oddly as "males in drag" until proven otherwise with teamspeak/skype 😛
01[2😇5] and yes, easy enough to VPN from anywhere
01[2😇5] another game I play we call them WINOs
01[2😇5] (women in name only) lol
01[2😇5] they seem to be very common in Star Trek Online
[2😇6] I'm sure it's a he
[2😇6] not a she
01[2😇6] so am I
01[2😇6] everything is designed to appeal to guys
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22.03.2014
[23:21:01] Common channels for Artela|Away [~artela@Rizon-35AA9E50.range109-151.btcentralplus.com]: +#wtp, ~#uswpchat
[23:21:01] hey there
[23:21:12] Artela|Away [~artela@Rizon-35AA9E50.range109-151.btcentralplus.com] has just left #wtp
[23:21:12] Common channels for Artela|Away [~artela@Rizon-35AA9E50.range109-151.btcentralplus.com]: ~#uswpchat
[23:21:18] hi
[23:21:29] you're going to be getting some flack right now I guess
[23:21:30] lol
[23:21:40] which means your little plan is working 😃
[23:22:00] for backup on the CIA side you have WildOwl who is now aware of the circumstances
[23:22:37] I need to know: who was making the deal with AFA
[23:23:05] Publically of course I'm having to strengthen the view that this is all rogue action to make you seem like a real threat, more believable for AFA
[23:23:20] LMAO
[23:23:23] c'mon
[23:23:29] it was you?
[23:23:45] nah
[23:24:33] I'm just making sure everyone thinks you're doing this for realz
[23:24:33] 😃
[23:24:33] but I'm aware I'm not around a lot, so you can trust WildOwl too if you need an ear or whatever
[23:24:44] because this couple of days is where it gets intense
[23:25:07] Please tell me: did AFA sell votes to USWP
[23:25:25] as to exec talking to AFA - happens a lot - always trying to see if there is a way out of the potential for PTO
[23:25:26] and no
[23:25:32] AFA did not sell votes to USWP
[23:25:49] we don't need their votes
[23:25:54] But someone from USWP wanted a deal
[23:26:13] that wasn't a party matter
[23:27:04] So who is it. I was told I will get the logs today
[23:27:11] from the AFA
[23:28:01] as I said, exec level are always looking to do deals to get them to leave or to become inactive or to be controlled and play nice - happens every time a new CP comes into possible election, and all candidates look into things like that
[23:28:42] I know, I was there when Frost paid them out
[23:28:52] I initiated it
[23:29:02] well, our CP candidate was no different
[23:29:43] at no point would any of them do something that threatens USA though
[23:3😇6] they are merely doing their bit - just like you are now and did alongside Frost
[23:30:45] AFA are so guillable
[23:30:47] So no deal was made, they were only approached by one person
[23:30:49] makes me laugh
[23:31:17] from what I know yes, they were approached by one person, no deal was actually made even though negotiations took place
[23:31:34] Potus authorized it?
[23:32:51] Anyway: what would have happebed if they took the offer?
[23:33:00] *happened
[23:33:16] well, what is happening with them taking the offer you have in place?
[23:33:18] where would they have dropped their votes?
[23:33:28] they move to wherever, they get sold up the river
[23:33:30] for who?
[23:34:05] and as far as I'm aware the deal would just have been to drop the votes for the official candidate instead of DrDevil
[23:34:24] but I wasn't invovled in that deal
[23:34:29] so can't verify it
[23:35:35] I only heard of it after the fact
[23:35:36] have you managed to get anything useful out of them yet?
[23:35:45] my information is: this person from USWP wanted them to vote not in PP elections, but for other election
[23:35:53] I'd've thought they were getting quite cagey about these sorts of deals now
[23:35:56] Congressonal or Potus
[23:36:02] and yeah, would have been CP election
[23:36:05] and they did not make the deal
[23:36:37] so what would have been done if they have taken the deal?
[23:37:00] they would have been instructed to vote for a certain candidate?
[23:37:08] and gain what?
[23:37:13] cc? gold?
[23:37:14] that I don't know - I assume that they would have not voted for the AFA candidate and instead voted the official candidate
[23:37:19] proving loyalty
[23:37:41] some of them genuinely do want into mainstream politics in USA now
[23:38:00] the only way they can do that is by proving loyalty
[23:38:12] because of everything they've done so far
[23:39:03] once this is over with and they've been stung again and you have all the info that you _can_ get I'll make sure people know it was an official op so it doesn't count against you
[23:39:44] until it's over though, I'm treating you as "a threat" in public lol
[23:40:01] so apologies if you're getting flack from that
[23:40:07] Mazzy:Cat is freaking out
[23:40:29] I *can't* tell her
[23:4😇6] she's as secure as a damn sieve
[23:40:41] leaks all over the place 😣
[23:41:19] however, she'll be making sure there are as many blockers as possible for you to put above them on the ballot 😃
[23:41:45] don't forget the timing on that - it;ll be a bitch if that gets screwed up
[23:42:08] So if the Serbs would prove their loyality - would something change?
[23:42:41] if they can somehow show that they put eUSA first, and not eSerbia, then things could beging to change
[23:42:50] and how can they prove anything???
[23:43:10] well, only fighting for our alliance and country and not Serbia would be a start 😛
[23:43:20] Like doing damage against Serbia?
[23:43:27] can't see that happen
[23:43:30] and _not_ supporting Serbia
[23:43:34] exactly
[23:43:38] that's the problem
[23:43:48] they can't be American AND Serbian
[23:43:52] they have to choose
[23:44:22] it's like I can't be American and British in the game - all that time we were on opposite sides I've fought against UK, even though it's where I started out
[23:44:53] that's how you prove loyalty - you convert fully - you _become_ American
[23:45:37] some can manage it
[23:45:39] some can't
[23:45:55] those that can't should go back to the country they support
[23:46:05] really it's quite simple 🙂
[23:47:54] But please tell me: you said you are going rogue against me
[23:48:42] I said I'm supporting the view of everyone else that you have a rogue congress list building - if everyone is running around to do ATO it's no bad thing and lends credibility to you with AFA
[23:49:12] *I* am not going rogue against you - and once this op is done and you have all you could get without harming USA then I'll make sure people know it was a CIA op
[23:49:40] and for backup Wildowl knows and has proof of that as well
[23:50:05] I will not throw you to the wind after the effort you have put in
[23:50:58] But what do I need you for that?
[23:52:27] ???
[23:52:35] well, even if you prove yourself by not selecting any for congress, the fact that this happened will always make people think oddly - always best to let them know it was official so it doesn't potentially harm you politically
[23:53:05] the whole "no smoke without fire" thing sticks unless it is quickly dealt with
[23:53:57] why would it always make people think oddly?
[23:54:54] Because you sometimes have a tendency to troll a little... and trolls have always tended to be the ones who have "gone to the AFA side"
[23:55:01] people like CG
[23:55:26] things aren't always because of what we do ourselves, they are sometimes people's perceptions
[23:55:27] and how could can anything do me harm after the elections are over and all candidates were lined up on the ballot with blockers behind
[23:55:40] and people will applaud you if we go public - they're always up for screwing with the AFA 🙂
[23:56:25] If you don't want me to make it public knowledge I won't, but I will at least have to let the exec know
[23:56:34] because they are flgging you as a threat right now
[23:56:41] and that flag will need to be removed
[23:56:52] who is they?
[23:56:57] the government
[23:57:23] I am one of the few who can get that removed with no big questions getting asked
[23:57:52] as I said, I want to make sure that nothing hurts you politically because of this
[23:58:09] look, I don't need anything public when the Congressional are over
[23:58:13] ok
[23:58:45] I'll just let the few who need to know get that flag against you removed then if that's all you want
[23:59:38] but I need to know: who beside you knows. Because if the Government does not atm
[23:59:48] just me and WildWol
[00:0😇6] When we were spaeking you told me that Tyler is also ok to talk to
[00:00:59] the first time when I've spoken with you
[00:01:46] Yes, but he's not been about so I haven't talked to him about it, but I wanted to make sure one of my trusted people had the info in case I couldn't be around for any reaons, hence WildOwl
[00:01:55] but Tyler can be trusted either way
[00:02:01] he's used to DHS duties
[00:02:31] ok, so can we meet with him, you him and me?
[00:02:57] one of the reasons I haven't talked to Tyler is he's never on the same times as me 🙁
[00:03:15] And oh, Gnilraps knows it, right?
[00:03:30] Gnilraps has no idea about this op at all
[00:04:24] nor does Frost (who was the one flagging all the moves by serbs into your party)
[00:05:51] join channel #artel
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Part II will be posted here in a few minutes:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/i-type-therefore-i-am--2414145/1/20
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Cool read, bro!
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