Disguise For Cover

DISGUISE FOR COVER
Sometimes intelligence officers and their agents need to operate in public

places without being recognized. In disguise, they can move freely.
Especially when engaged in countersurveillance (making sure no one is
watching/following you) intelligence officers and agents need to use a
disguise to hide, or in some cases, bring attention to themselves. Disguise
is not only for changes in your appearance, a master of disguise will change
their mannerisms, behaviors, walking style, posture, and ways of thinking. If
you have fully mastered your cover story, you’ve achieved the most difficult
(the internal) part of concealing your true identity.
Often, it is the subtle changes that make the most difference.
QUICK TIPS FOR GETTING INTO DISGUISE

WALK DIFFERENTLY BLEND IN
» Try slowing down » Are you wearing bright colors? Bad
» Put a pebble in your shoe idea! They make you stand out.
» Take longer strides » Avoid items that others will notice.
CHANGE YOUR EXPRESSION ASK YOURSELF

» Squint your eyes » D o you think your own parent, sibling;
» Tighten your lips friend could recognize you by looking at
you?
» Furrow your brow
» Have you practiced a new walk and new
mannerisms that match your new look?
CONDUCT QUICK CHANGE » Will your disguise get in the way of the
» Do you have sunglasses? Put them on. mission or will it support your mission?
» Do you have a raincoat? Take it off.
» Do you have a hat? Put it on.
» Do you have reversible clothing?
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DISGUISE: MUSTACHE TEMPLATE
» Print this page.
» Decorate your favorite mustache or two.
» Prepare tape for the back of your mustache.
You are now ready to get into disguise!
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Passport Photo
FIRST NAME:
LAST NAME:
DATE OF BIRTH: ___ / ___ / _____
PLACE OF BIRTH:
GENDER:
OCCUPATION:
LANGUAGE OF ESPIONAGE
The shadow world has inspired—and mandated—a vivid vocabulary of
words and codenames for secret operations, missions and agents.
These words are carefully chosen to clarify or confuse, depending on
the need to know.
The “spookspeak” presented here is drawn from fact and fiction, from
agencies and authors around the world and throughout time.
AGENT: a person unofficially employed by an intelligence service. EARS ONLY: material too secret to commit to writing.
Black Operations: covert operations that are not attributable to EXFILTRATION OPERATION: a clandestine rescue operation
the organization performing them. designed to bring a defector, refugee, or an operative and his or
her family out of harm’s way.
BLOWN: discovery of an agent’s true identity or a clandestine
activity’s real purpose. EYES ONLY: documents that may be read but not discussed.
BONA FIDES: proof of a person’s claimed identity. FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation; U.S.’s domestic counter-
intelligence service.
BRUSH PASS: a brief encounter where something is passed
between case officer and agent. HANDLER: a case officer who is responsible for handling agents
in operations.
BURNED: when a case officer or agent is compromised.
HUMINT: intelligence collected by human sources.
CASE OFFICER: a staff officer who manages agents and runs
operations. INFILTRATION: the secret movement of an operative into a target
area with the intent that his or her presence will go undetected.
CIA: Central Intelligence Agency; U.S.’s foreign intelligence
gathering service. LEGEND: a spy’s claimed background or biography, usually
supported by documents and memorized details.
CLANDESTINE OPERATION: an intelligence operation designed
to remain secret for as long as possible. MOLE: an agent of one organization sent to penetrate a specific
intelligence agency by gaining employment.
COBBLER: a spy who creates false passports, visas, diplomas and
other documents. NAKED: a spy operating without cover or backup.
CODEBOOK: a list of plain language words opposite their PAROLES: passwords to identify agents to each other.
codeword or codenumber.
PATTERN: the behavior and daily routine of an operative that
THE COMPANY: an unofficial term for the CIA popularized by makes his or her identity unique.
fiction.
POCKET LITTER: items in a spy’s pocket (receipts, coins, theater
COMPROMISED: when an operation, asset, or agent is uncovered tickets, etc.) that add authenticity to his or her identity.
and cannot remain secret.
SLEEPER: agent living as an ordinary citizen in a foreign country;
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE: spy-catching. acts only when a hostile situation develops.
COVER: the purported occupation or purpose of an agent; it must SPYMASTER: the leader of intelligence gathering activities, and
be consistent with the agent’s background and presence in the an agent handler extraordinaire.
target area.
THE TAKE: information gathered by espionage.
CRYPTOLOGY: the science of secret writing in all its forms.
TRADECRAFT: the methods developed by intelligence operatives
DEAD DROP: a secret location where materials can be left for to conduct their operations.
another party to retrieve.
DOUBLE AGENT: a spy who works for two intelligence services,
usually against his or her original employer.
DRY CLEAN: actions agents take to determine if they are under
surveillance.
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DISGUISE FOR COVER

Sometimes intelligence officers and their agents need to operate in public

QUICK TIPS FOR GETTING INTO DISGUISE

CHANGE YOUR EXPRESSION ASK YOURSELF

You are now ready to get into disguise!

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