6.8 CLANDESTINE COMMU

• FOUR BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR A GOOD COMMUNICATION PLAN
• CONTROL


  • CO must able to exercise direction and control over the network
• FLOW


  • The system must be planned to fit the operation itself
• CONTINUITY


  • more than one channel of communication to and from the agent. (regular, alternative, emergency)
• SECURITY


  • Each system of communication must be made secured to avoid detection, and exploitation
• TYPES OF COMMUNICATION CHANNEL


  • REGULAR
  • ALTERNATIVE
  • EMERGENCY
  • WARNING
  • RESERVE
• REGULAR


  provides means of normal contact between the higher and lower echelons
• ALTERNATIVE


  used to as not to overload the regular channel
• EMERGENCY


  to cope with situations in which the time cannot be activated
• WARNING


  indicate suspension or assassination of operations
• RESERVE


  Permits an incoming C/O to establish his bonafides with the network
• SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS


  • Permit higher echelon to refuse contact via a given channel
  • Compartment each member of the network so that he can communicate only with those persons with whom he has been authorized to communicate
  • Set up a warning system to permit endangered members time to investigate the extent of danger, and to escape if necessary
  • Select system of communication which fits in with the cover of the operational personnel and their activities
  • Use physical concealment when feasible
• MEANS OF COMMUNICATION


  • Personal Meeting
  • Cutout
• Personal Meeting (PM)


  Face-to-face contact between two or more members of a clandestine net
• Personal Meeting (PM)


  • may last several hours or may be only long enough for one agent to pass a report to another
• ADVANTAGES of Personal Meeting (PM)


  • pass maximum amount of oral or written info
  • ask questions and later up misunderstandings
  • "on-the-spot" decisions
  • assess the efficiency and security of the agent
  • bolster the morale of the agent
• DISADVANTAGES of Personal Meeting (PM)


  • Contamination of another member by one who has been compromised
  • Possible entrapment of personnel by double agents
• CONSIDERATIONS IN PM PLANS


  • Location
  • Time
  • Cover Story
  • Cover Conversation
  • Signals
  • Risk of Detection/Countersurveillance
  • Escape and Evasion (Emergency Departure)
• Cutout


  a person or device interposed between two persons
• PURPOSES of Cutouts


  • Hide Relationship
  • Compartmentalization
  • Security
• TYPE OF INTERMEDIARIES


  • Courier
  • Live Drop
  • Accommodation Address
  • Moving Live Drop
• Live Drop


  two persons meet to exchange items or information
• Courier


  mutually trusted intermediary, that facilitates the exchange of information
• Moving Live Drop


  person whose personnel effects contains clandestine materials and are concealed without his knowledge
• Accommodation Address


  address at which posted mail containing information is received, and at which it is either held for pick up or readdressed and transmitted further through the mails
• TYPE OF CUTOUT DEVICE


  • Dead Drop
  • Mail
  • Telephone
  • Moving Dead Drop
  • Advertisement
  • Telegram
  • Radio
• Dead Drop


  A dead drop or dead letter box is to pass items or information between two individuals using a secret location, avoiding direct meetings to maintain operational security
• Moving Dead Drop


  to pass items or information between two individuals through the use of transportation
• LESSON OBJECTIVES