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The objectives of the intelligence operatives, on the other hand, are many and bountiful.  In fact, there is no one single job among operatives.  Each has his or her own particular position within an organizatrion.  At the high end, it may be to penetrate and infiltrate a target organization: either to infiltrate a target organization with one's own personnel, or to gain by [[MICE]] an "agent in place".  If the job is to handle an agent in place, a Case Officer may be required to oversee the agent.  Sometimes the oversight is done indirectly, through lower level "handlers", "controllers", contacts and such.  The [[CIA]] is fond of using "''[[agent of influence|agents of influence]]''": secondary sources connected with a target, like the maid to an ambassador who digs through the trash for memoranda,  because the CIA recognizes its weakness at the direct approach of recruitment.  Such agents may be easier to recruit, but it is no substitution for having the actual target in your employ.

The objectives of the intelligence operatives, on the other hand, are many and bountiful.  In fact, there is no one single job among operatives.  Each has his or her own particular position within an organizatrion.  At the high end, it may be to penetrate and infiltrate a target organization: either to infiltrate a target organization with one's own personnel, or to gain by [[MICE]] an "agent in place".  If the job is to handle an agent in place, a Case Officer may be required to oversee the agent.  Sometimes the oversight is done indirectly, through lower level "handlers", "controllers", contacts and such.  The [[CIA]] is fond of using "''[[agent of influence|agents of influence]]''": secondary sources connected with a target, like the maid to an ambassador who digs through the trash for memoranda,  because the CIA recognizes its weakness at the direct approach of recruitment.  Such agents may be easier to recruit, but it is no substitution for having the actual target in your employ.

Other positions among intelligence operatives are in support functions:  maintainence and operation of "safehouses", couriers, etc.

Other positions among intelligence operatives are in support functions:  maintenance and operation of "safehouses", couriers, etc.

===Case Officer===

===Case Officer===