Protecting Your Own Service
"Report the case frequently, quickly, and in detail." The FIS has a headquarters staff looking globally for penetrations; why should you not take advantage of your central resources? "Only timely and full reporting to your headquarters will permit it to help you effectively." Keep a full record, including dates, of all adversary assignments given the agent.
"Keep precise records" of any of your own side's classified material fed to the agent. Both for protecting your service and yourself, keep careful notes about who approved the release.
"Do not plan a deception operation or pass deception material without prior headquarters approval."
"Do not reveal your service's assets or CI knowledge to a double." It is vital that double agents be run within the framework of their own materials—the information which they themselves supply. The more you keep from an experienced double the information he should not have, the more he will be reassured that his own safety is in good hands.
"Do not run the operation in a vacuum." Be aware of any political implications that it may have, locally or internationally. Ask for advice when you aren't sure.
"If the operation is joint, weigh, its probable effect upon the liaison relationship." What should you do if the joint service(s) change their priorities?
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