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Uh, if you KNOW you're on their radar, you can't trust the mail. And you're mailing a letter which involves a whole lot of people carrying it and handling it.

by Nrsolis 13y ago

Uh, if you KNOW you're on their radar, you can't trust the mail. And you're mailing a letter which involves a whole lot of people carrying it and handling it. You've got a whole alphabet of persons. Remember that this is a state level adversary. You're not going to get one past them. They know ALL the tricks. ALL of them. Please don't talk tradecraft to me. You are doing it way wrong. There is a way to use the mail, but not the way you are describing it.

fractallyte 13y ago
C'mon - you can't just tantalize readers with a reply like that and leave it hanging! Educate us...
- Nrsolis 13y ago
  "The first thing they teach you is: If there is any doubt, there is no doubt." "Who teaches you?" "I can't remember. That's the second thing they teach you."
- Nrsolis 13y ago
  This should get you started: Assume nothing. Never go against your gut. Everyone is potentially under opposition control. Don't look back; you are never completely alone. Go with the flow, blend in. Vary your pattern and stay within your cover. Lull them into a sense of complacency. Don't harass the opposition. Pick the time and place for action. Keep your options open.
malandrew 13y ago
"Please don't talk tradecraft to me." Fine I'm doing it wrong, but you don't have to be a dick about it by waving around someone's lack of knowledge in this space and then saying they are not even knowledgable enough to interact with you. Doing so does not raise the level of discourse.
- Nrsolis 13y ago
  Dude. This is serious stuff. Try and understand that for the better part of Western History, getting caught with anything that might be considered a tool of espionage or meeting with the wrong person might be a death sentence. Hence, tradecraft. These are skills designed to make things like hand-offs of materiel (called the brush-pass) or an surveillance detection run (to make sure you're not followed) a kind of second nature. I'm sorry you were offended but I took your comment to be quite flippant. There is a reason why we have professionals for this sort of thing. If you're truly interested, go read up on the subject. There is a lot of good info that details what the training is like, and what skills you need to do this sort of work. Double-O-Seven it ain't. Good tradecraft keeps you ALIVE. It's not for amateurs.

by Nrsolis 13y ago

fractallyte 13y ago

C'mon - you can't just tantalize readers with a reply like that and leave it hanging! Educate us...

Nrsolis 13y ago
"The first thing they teach you is: If there is any doubt, there is no doubt." "Who teaches you?" "I can't remember. That's the second thing they teach you."
Nrsolis 13y ago
This should get you started: Assume nothing. Never go against your gut. Everyone is potentially under opposition control. Don't look back; you are never completely alone. Go with the flow, blend in. Vary your pattern and stay within your cover. Lull them into a sense of complacency. Don't harass the opposition. Pick the time and place for action. Keep your options open.

malandrew 13y ago

"Please don't talk tradecraft to me." Fine I'm doing it wrong, but you don't have to be a dick about it by waving around someone's lack of knowledge in this space and then saying they are not even knowledgable enough to interact with you. Doing so does not raise the level of discourse.

Nrsolis 13y ago
Dude. This is serious stuff. Try and understand that for the better part of Western History, getting caught with anything that might be considered a tool of espionage or meeting with the wrong person might be a death sentence. Hence, tradecraft. These are skills designed to make things like hand-offs of materiel (called the brush-pass) or an surveillance detection run (to make sure you're not followed) a kind of second nature. I'm sorry you were offended but I took your comment to be quite flippant. There is a reason why we have professionals for this sort of thing. If you're truly interested, go read up on the subject. There is a lot of good info that details what the training is like, and what skills you need to do this sort of work. Double-O-Seven it ain't. Good tradecraft keeps you ALIVE. It's not for amateurs.