The Art of Blending in: 5 Tips from a Counterintelligence Special Agent
As some of you know, before I was a blogger, I spent many years as a Counterintelligence Agent, training and working with some of the best government agents and Special Forces personnel in the world. Most of that involved either conducting surveillance or counter-surveillance or activities where you had to know how blend in or find people trying to blend in.
Over the years, I saw some pretty common mistakes when it comes to doing things that give you away to someone who may be targeting you in situations that you may actually face someday.
This post won’t make you into a secret agent, but it may be the one thing that saves your life, whether you find yourself in a short-term natural disaster, are traveling through a foreign country with a high kidnapping rate, or even if some worst-case event happens and you find yourself living in a collapsed society like we’ve seen in several countries around the world.
TL;DR: If you want something MUCH more thorough than I can give you here or don’t want to read the whole thing, these books are exactly what you’re looking for:
Surveillance Tradecraft: The Professional’s Guide to Surveillance Training <-Best I’ve found
Surveillance Countermeasures: A Serious Guide To Detecting, Evading, And Eluding Threats To Personal Privacy
What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People
The Definitive Book of Body Language
Countering Hostile Surveillance: Detect, Evade, and Neutralize Physical Surveillance Threats
Surveillance Detection, The Art of Prevention
Secrets Of Surveillance: A Professional’s Guide To Tailing Subjects By Vehicle, Foot, Airplane, And Public Transportation
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