ABSTRACT
Counterintelligence analysis can also be used in support of counterintelligence operations. Counterintelligence analysts help both midlevel program managers and case officers in their day-to-day tactical work by culling fruitful leads from dead ends. Most readers of intelligence literature, and many counterintelligence practitioners, believe that the essence of counterintelligence is investigation— the collection of information needed to hunt down spies and moles who have infiltrated one's own government and society. To benefit from first-class offensive defense, a government must develop unified top-driven, coordinated analytical collection and exploitation programs. The counterintelligence community in democracies is fragmented in part by tradition and in part to keep any single group or entity from gaining control of government. Penetrating an adversary's intelligence service, especially the counterintelligence units, is one of the most valuable counterintelligence collection techniques. Some of the most valuable counterintelligence human sources are volunteers from other services, that is, defectors, often referred to as walk-ins.
