Learn to spy!
I399 FROM JAMES BOND TO ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE AND NSA LEAKS: EVALUATING
INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE
Fall 2014: INFO I399 (34681, 34682, or 34683)
How would you know if the
zombie apocalypse was really here?
Is James Bond a spy or a
covert operations agent?
Did you believe that mermaids
were real after you saw “Mermaids: The Body Found” on Animal Planet? How would
you keep the government from snooping on you? Ever wonder how to imbed a
listening device into a cat? How do you crash a web site? Who is Anonymous?
What is the “Information Age”? How would you use social media to analyze a war
or your friends’ behavior?
Learn to spy on the spies!
I399 Topics: Moles, Deception, and Counterintelligence
Fall 2014: INFO I399 (34819)
Does Jack Bauer on the TV
show 24 really have to beat people
almost to death to protect the U.S. from terrorists?
Does NSA data collection on
US citizens create a police state?
Far from being only a defensive
activity counterintelligence includes disrupting adversaries’ information flow
or disseminating disinformation intended to make adversaries take action
contrary to their own interests. Unlike security, which is intended to simply
prevent adversaries’ access to information, persons, objects, and territory,
counterintelligence may invite the adversary in to increase knowledge of their
capabilities and intentions, or to create a veil of deception to fool the
enemy. Counterintelligence can be offensive as well as defensive.
Spying Master Class!
I399 Topics: Strategic Intelligence
Fall 2014: INFO I399 (34815)
What key mistakes did the
CIA and FBI make before 9/11?
Will Iran soon exceed China
as the world’s cyber-espionage enemy?
Strategy is not a plan, it is a perspective for previewing
innovation and imagination in policy, business, NGOs, national security, and
the military. Unfortunately, our normal habits of thought prevent us from being
able to see past the quotidian to what could prevent the next big attack or
help us take advantage of the next big thing.
