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Spy Words, Terms and Codes
Here is a reference resource for all those spy codes and covert talk.
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- HAMAS
– an underground group in Palestine (now in power).
- HANDLER -
a case officer who is responsible for handling agents in operations.
- HARD MAN – an experienced operative
who can survive in a hostile environment and who has killed.
- HARD TARGET – a surveillance target
who is actively maintaining secrecy and may not reveal that he/she has
detected the surveillance team.
- HEZBOLLAH – an underground group in
Lebanon, alleged to have operating units in Latin America with links to
major drug dealers.
- HONEY POT – Mata Hari, Raven, lady,
femme fatale; a female agent using romance to compromise a target.
- HONEY TRAP - Slang
for use of men or women in sexual situations to intimidate or snare others.
This use of sex to trap or blackmail an individual is standard practice in
intelligence operations
- HOOLIGAN TOOL – a specialized tool
much like a crowbar, developed by fire departments for prying open doors and
windows. Also used by SWAT teams.
- HOSTILE - term
used to describe the organizations and activities of the opposition
services.
- HOSTILE RECRUITMENT – recruitment
by threat or force of an uncooperative informant, mole, or agent-in-place.
- HUMINT – intelligence activities
involving people rather than electronic eavesdropping or communications
interception.
- HUNTING PACK – slang for
surveillance team.
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