Intelligence challenges: hidden agendas in the secret state
Intelligence processes were introduced for the State to gain advantage over its adversaries. But states have hidden agendas, including against their own people.
Category: Intelligence challenges
Obsessive secrecy in intelligence agencies – the dangers
Obsessive secrecy dominates the work of intelligence agencies as well as some areas of commercial intelligence. Obsessive secrecy is an ethical challenge.
Judicial oversight – a 2-page story of illegal intercepts
1 November 2020
Short stories, Ethics - threats and hope, Intelligence officers, Intelligence research
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They arrived without warning in José’s office. A high court judge, a policewoman from Operational Security, and a clear implication of illegal intercepts.
Wuhan and biological weapons capability – a story
1 November 2020
Ethics - threats and hope, Group think, Intelligence officers, Short stories
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The professor stared at the words Top Secret on the analysis report. She lifted it and read the title: Wuhan Biological Weapons and Covid-19. She shrugged.
Hidden Beyond Detection – a spy thriller
Hidden Beyond Detection is a spy thriller set in 2014. It follows Akila Sinclair, a young intelligence analyst who must become what she hates most in order to prove …
The assassination – a 2-page story of an ethical dilemma
‘Is he actually proposing a kill order? That we should become involved in an assassination?’ The intelligence researcher’s eyes widened.
Paranoia – a 2-page story of work overload and OSINT
31 October 2020
Mental health, Intelligence research, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Short stories
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The paranoia was returning. Isabelle’s head throbbed with pain and her eyes were loosing their focus. She had too many types of intelligence feed to research.
Forced confession – a 2-page story of an analyst’s dilema
The forced confession was in stilted Arabic with words that the suspect never used, and the recording from the interview had been replaced by a transcript.
Presumed guilty – a story of intrusive surveillance
30 October 2020
Duty of care, Ethics - threats and hope, Intelligence officers, Mental health, Short stories, Surveillance
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‘She’s a journalist, that makes her guilty,’ the intelligence officer declared. ‘Get me evidence for intrusive surveillance and we’ll find her dirty secrets.’
The price of secrecy-first – a 2½-page story
Mikael’s secrecy-first speech was cut short by the minister. ‘Tell me more about this cyber-attack. Are they really intending to cripple our railway network?’