Counter Intelligence Against Foreign Intelligence

Counterintelligence (analyze the importance of counterintelligence for the security of a country;
critically explain the role of some leading intelligence services (Case study of UAE)

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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................2
Need of Counter intelligence:..........................................................................................................2
Threats of Foreign Intelligence:......................................................................................................4
Deception/Perception Management:............................................................................................4
Other intelligence operations:......................................................................................................4
Functions of Counter intelligence:..................................................................................................5
Identify:.......................................................................................................................................5
Assessing the threats:...................................................................................................................6
Neutralizing the threats:...............................................................................................................7
Exploitation:................................................................................................................................8
Importance of Counterintelligence for the Security in UAE..........................................8
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................9
References:....................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction:
Counter intelligence can be defined as a study that has an intelligence discipline, which
also has a mission of national security. Some of the tasks that are performed by a counter
intelligence system are locating spies and putting them in the jail. It provides a set of guidelines
that are helpful for the successful implementation of intelligence strategies. Most importantly, it
provides valuable information about threats from foreign intelligence for the United States and
the national policies that can be used to counter attack them. Counter intelligence involves a
number of processes and tasks such as determination of the authenticity of assets, utility,
suitability as well as the reliability of the case officers.
The following report will highlight the different aspects of counter intelligence and how
it is under to fight the threats from foreign intelligence services within the United States. The
following paragraphs will highlight a details study of the case study of foreign intelligence
services and explain the different roles of counter intelligence in their working operations. By the
end of this report the reader will have an in depth knowledge of the entire working of the Foreign
intelligence services and functionalities of Counter intelligence.
Need of Counter intelligence:
It is extremely important to first understand the roles and responsibilities of a counter
intelligence system in order to understand how it fights against the threats posed by the foreign
intelligence services. Counterintelligence has been extensively used in the history of United
States, which consists of the laws as well as the ethics. It has been found that severe cases for the
past has affected the society of America and saboteurs of German communists and their
communist movements have been executed. Counter intelligence has been used to put them into

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the jail. The kind of counter intelligence that used to be practiced earlier in the security states
such as Soviet Union is different form the type used in the committees in the United States.
Therefore, it is extremely important to study and understand its functioning in order to
understand its fight against the Foreign Intelligence Services (de Silva, 2015). Counter
intelligence also has the power to challenge the intellectuality of the people of the highest ranks
who are in power and the decision makers. Therefore, it is important to understand the way they
think in order to understand if the decision they take are right or wrong. That again is a major
reason for studying counter intelligence. The learning outcomes that the reader will be able to
gain from this report are the main reasons of understanding counter intelligence (Bruneau &
Dombroski, 2014). They are summarized below in the following points:
- Concept of counterintelligence will be clear. It place in the field of intelligence studies
will also be understood.
- Differentiating between tactical as well as strategic CI and the difference in the security
provided by them (Carlisle, 2015).
- Understanding the history of counter intelligence in the history of the United States.
- The different ethical principles, laws as well as oversighting government intelligence
within the United States will also be understood.
- Identifying the sub-disciplines of offensive as well as defensive CI will be identified.
Deception operations will also be defined.
Therefore, it is extremely important to understand the concepts of counter intelligence
due to the above-explained reasons.