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Good evening classmates. Below are my responses to this week’s questions. I hope everyone has been
enjoying the class so far!
-Ben
1) How can you tell whether your collection is being targeted for denial or deception? Research and
include real-life examples!
Individuals must remain vigilant at all times because denial and deception techniques can be employed
at any given time. An individual should initiate a security posture and be guarded if another person
knows a substantial amount of information to the extent that it becomes questionable. This can mean
that denial and deception techniques are currently being employed. Another indicator of denial and
deception is when a person has a large amount of information to where you have a hunch that the
person conducted extensive research to display a knowledgeable persona toward you. For example,
while supporting a mission in Southeast Asia, I was approached by an individual who began conversing
about military movements. This individual knew traditional timelines of how long ships stayed in ports,
areas where military members stayed, and knowledge of mission statements. This is a typical tactic
foreign intelligence entities use to gain additional intelligence they cannot obtain through other means.
2) What measures as a collector can you take to reduce the effects of denial/deception?
Denial and deception are often challenging to detect if the individual employing the techniques is well-
trained and experienced. Training is a significant component to counter denial and deception techniques.
Fundamental denial and deception countermeasure training must be conducted for all individuals, and a
more advanced version should be given to supervisors. Training should include denial and deception
definitions, indicators of employed techniques, examples, response techniques, and reporting
procedures.
References
Bruce, James.
“Countering Denial and Deception in the Early 21st Century: An Adaptation Strategy When
All Else Fails”.
American Intelligence Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2. National Military Intelligence Foundation.
2015.
Caddell, Joseph.
“Deception 101-Primer on Deception”.
December 2004.
Good evening Joseph. Excellent discussion board posting this week. The Ghost Army is also one of my
favorite denial and deception activities. During WWII, denial and deception activities were a common
occurrence. In 1944, the Ghost Army participated in a large and complex mission comprising inflatable
dummy tanks, fake soldiers, pretend weapon systems and scripted radio waves. All of these techniques
complimented each other to imitate a genuine military unit. Due to the Ghost Army’s location, the
opposing force diverted military formations to an alternate place to gain the advantage but was met with
a fake military formation. The Ghost Army was deemed a successful denial and deception activity when
U.S. military forces were able to invade Normandy.
-Ben
References
Ghostarmy.org.
“The Ghost Army Legacy Project”.
https://ghostarmy.org/.
Klein, Christopher.
“The Top-Secret WWII Unit That Fooled the Nazis”.
History.
https://www.history.com/news/ghost-army-world-war-ii
.
Good evening Jason. Your discussion board post was exciting and detailed. I genuinely enjoyed reading it.
One of my favorite denial and deception missions was Operation Mincemeat. During WWII, military
denial and deception activities were frequent, making performing a denial and deception mission
difficult. British Naval Intelligence created and conducted a mission called Operation Mincemeat.
Operation Mincemeat is about British Naval Intelligence personnel utilizing a corpse planted with false
classified information. The plan was to put the corpse in the ocean with the intent that the false
classified information would eventually end up in the German’s possession. The false classified
information would have invasion details, which the Germans would move their military formation to
posture for an invasion. The Germans retrieved the false classified information and moved a large
amount of their military formation to the invasion location. Britain and U.S. military personnel invaded
Sicily, Italy, and were met with minimal forces. The invasion was successful due to the efforts of
Operation Mincemeat.
-Ben
Macintyre, Ben. “
Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II”.
Broadway Books. 2011.
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