posted on Sep, 29 2004 @ 08:15 AM
This is the concept I've been trying to promote for the longest time!
Reverse Counterintelligence is what I call Counter-Ignorance! How ever in my efforts to try to promote this general Idea, I have found that it is much
more challanging then I thought. Counterinellegences and security services have a lot of different tools at their disposal. Here is a list of some of
the big ones:
Legal Athority: They can use laws to withhold informaion from people. (It's illeagl to access classified info without security clearance. But
there are no laws against classifying anything, they can (in theory) classifiy the addess of a PO Box if they want to.
Secracy: You can't ask for something you don't know about. Also many things are so well hidden, tha we have no proof that would stand up in
court that what we're looking for is real. As the saying goes: "the question isn't 'Is it true?' but, 'Can you Prove It?"
Disinformation: They put a lot of false information out to confuse people. They have even created Fake secrets, and then leaked them to the
press to mislead peole.
Bottom Line: Revese Counterintelligence is a noble ideal, but It's much tougher to achieve then you think. We are trying!
Tim
ATS Director of Counter-Ignorance