‘Ability to get what one wants by whatever means: eloquence, reasoned arguments, bluff, tirade, threat or coercion, as well as, by arousing pity, annoying others, or making them uneasy’.Spying came to be regarded as an indispensable feature and integral part of an efficient administration and of a sound foreign policy.Secret Agencies in ancient India were not conceived of as an instrument of oppression but as a tool of governance. Secret agents were considered as ‘eyes of the king’.
precautions in recruiting spies, countrywide espionage, safeguards against false reports by secret agents and enlistment of the services of loose women. According to Chanakya, the institution of spies as an organization did not function under a unified command. The spies and secret agents worked under their respective heads of department, and also directly under the king.
Motivation of persons to cater intelligence is directly proportionate to their weakness for sex and money, besides the burning desire of revenge or insatiable hunger for power
1Selection and Infiltration of Targets
2 Working Under ‘Cover’
3 Assessment of Information
4 Counter-IntelligenceA counter-intelligence operation is directed at discovering the identities and methods of foreign spies and intelligence officers working for the opposition5 Disinformation and Dissension6Sabotage
7 The employment of Visakanyas (Poison-damsels) & tapping , blackmailing
more
precautions in recruiting spies, countrywide espionage, safeguards against false reports by secret agents and enlistment of the services of loose women. According to Chanakya, the institution of spies as an organization did not function under a unified command. The spies and secret agents worked under their respective heads of department, and also directly under the king.
Motivation of persons to cater intelligence is directly proportionate to their weakness for sex and money, besides the burning desire of revenge or insatiable hunger for power
1Selection and Infiltration of Targets
- Among those who are dissatisfied with the rulers or had been humiliated or exiled;
- Who have not been compensated for their expenditure;
- Those who have been deprived of their rightful inheritance to office;
- Whose women have been molested by force;
- Who were wrongly imprisoned;
- Whose property had been confiscated;
Who are prone to blackmail due to some weakness.
2 Working Under ‘Cover’
3 Assessment of Information
4 Counter-IntelligenceA counter-intelligence operation is directed at discovering the identities and methods of foreign spies and intelligence officers working for the opposition5 Disinformation and Dissension6Sabotage
7 The employment of Visakanyas (Poison-damsels) & tapping , blackmailing
more
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