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05-15-2023-0246 - black operations, clandestine operations, Black reconnaissance, Plausible deniability, etc. (draft)



A black operation or black op is a covert or clandestine operation by a government agency, a military unit or a paramilitary organization; it can include activities by private companies or groups. Key features of a black operation are that it is secret and it is not attributable to the organization carrying it out.[1]

A single such activity may be called a black bag operation;[1] that term is primarily used for covert or clandestine surreptitious entries into structures to obtain information for human intelligence operations.[2] Such operations have been carried out by the FBI,[3] CIA,[4] KGB, Mossad, MI6, MI5, ASIS, COMANF, DGSE, AISE, CNI, MSS, R&AW, DGFI, SVR, FSB, Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade and the intelligence services of other nations.[2]

The main difference between a black operation and one that is merely secret is that a black operation involves a significant degree of deception, to conceal who is behind it or to make it appear that some other entity is responsible (e.g. false flag operations).[5][6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_operation

A clandestine operation is an intelligence or military operation carried out in such a way that the operation goes unnoticed by the general population or specific enemy forces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_operation

Black reconnaissance or BRCON is a term describing military deep penetration reconnaissance of a completely covert nature.[1] It is distinct from normal forms of covert recon in that discovery of the action would be so disruptive to relations between two countries that the instigators would be disavowed if caught.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_reconnaissance

Plausible deniability is the ability of people, typically senior officials in a formal or informal chain of command, to deny knowledge of or responsibility for actions committed by members of their organizational hierarchy. They may do so because of a lack or absence of evidence that can confirm their participation, even if they were personally involved in or at least willfully ignorant of the actions. If illegal or otherwise disreputable and unpopular activities become public, high-ranking officials may deny any awareness of such acts to insulate themselves and shift the blame onto the agents who carried out the acts, as they are confident that their doubters will be unable to prove otherwise. The lack of evidence to the contrary ostensibly makes the denial plausible (credible), but sometimes, it makes any accusations only unactionable.

The term typically implies forethought, such as intentionally setting up the conditions for the plausible avoidance of responsibility for one's future actions or knowledge. In some organizations, legal doctrines such as command responsibility exist to hold major parties responsible for the actions of subordinates who are involved in actions and nullify any legal protection that their denial of involvement would carry.

In politics and espionage, deniability refers to the ability of a powerful player or intelligence agency to pass the buck and to avoid blowback by secretly arranging for an action to be taken on its behalf by a third party that is ostensibly unconnected with the major player. In political campaigns, plausible deniability enables candidates to stay clean and denounce third-party advertisements that use unethical approaches or potentially libelous innuendo.

Although plausible deniability has existed throughout history, the term was coined by the CIA in the early 1960s to describe the withholding of information from senior officials to protect them from repercussions if illegal or unpopular activities became public knowledge.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plausible_deniability

A cause of action or right of action, in law, is a set of facts sufficient to justify suing to obtain money or property, or to justify the enforcement of a legal right against another party. The term also refers to the legal theory upon which a plaintiff brings suit (such as breach of contract, battery, or false imprisonment). The legal document which carries a claim is often called a 'statement of claim' in English law, or a 'complaint' in U.S. federal practice and in many U.S. states. It can be any communication notifying the party to whom it is addressed of an alleged fault which resulted in damages, often expressed in amount of money the receiving party should pay/reimburse.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause_of_action

A demurrer is a pleading in a lawsuit that objects to or challenges a pleading filed by an opposing party. The word demur means "to object"; a demurrer is the document that makes the objection. Lawyers informally define a demurrer as a defendant saying "So what?" to the pleading.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demurrer

Blame shifting

Blaming others can lead to a "kick the dog" effect where individuals in a hierarchy blame their immediate subordinate, and this propagates down a hierarchy until the lowest rung (the "dog"). A 2009 experimental study has shown that blaming can be contagious even for uninvolved onlookers.[10]

In complex international organizations, such as enforcers of national and supranational policies and regulations, the blame is usually attributed to the last echelon, the implementing actors.[11] 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blame#Blame_shifting

Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence). A person who commits espionage is called an espionage agent or spy.[1] Any individual or spy ring (a cooperating group of spies), in the service of a government, company, criminal organization, or independent operation, can commit espionage. The practice is clandestine, as it is by definition unwelcome. In some circumstances, it may be a legal tool of law enforcement and in others, it may be illegal and punishable by law.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage

Law enforcement is the activity of some members of government who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society.[1] The term encompasses police, courts, and corrections. These three components may operate independently of each other or collectively, through the use of record sharing and mutual cooperation. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plausible_deniability

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plausible_deniability

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blame#Blame_shifting

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?limit=20&offset=440&profile=default&search=false+personation&title=Special:Search&ns0=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_pretenses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_positives_and_false_negatives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_prophet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_imprisonment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_light

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perjury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_accusation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_evidence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor-attracted_person

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupt_practices

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_protagonist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_confession

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Claims_Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_hoax

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory_syndrome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind#False-belief_task

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_I_and_type_II_errors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou_shalt_not_bear_false_witness_against_thy_neighbour

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_accounting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_titles_of_nobility

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongful_execution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_to_moderation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Idols

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_person

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_false_statements


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsing


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgery_Act_1830

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonym

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_self-employment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscarriage_of_justice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impersonator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_rate_fallacy#False_positive_paradox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_forgery


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Face_Society

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Memory_Syndrome_Foundation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_statements_of_fact

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_document_forgery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trespass_in_English_law#False_imprisonment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_passport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit#False_stories_and_conspiracy_theories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_regression_in_therapy#False_memories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud_Act_2006

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False-uniqueness_effect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_fallacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions#False_statements_of_fact

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trespass#Trespass_to_the_person

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credulity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confusion_matrix

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_conditional_operator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprisonment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narration#Third-person,_omniscient

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_fraud

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_quantification

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking#False_claims_of_stalking,_%22gang_stalking%22_and_delusions_of_persecution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_false_etymologies_of_English_words

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_person

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-truth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subornation_of_perjury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faulty_generalization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DC_Comics_characters:_F#False_Face

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority#False_authority

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_twist#False_protagonist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_knife#%27False_gravity%27_and_non-gravity_knives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frameup

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_tagging_theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mueller_special_counsel_investigation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosting_(identity_theft)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_impostors#False_nationality_claims

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_of_the_mind#False_antecedent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_abuse#False_accusations_of_elder_abuse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_execution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptomnesia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentures

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invincible_ignorance_fallacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_evidence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycophancy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_of_the_mind#False_antecedent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_danger_warning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy#Post_hoc_%28false_cause%29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claim_(philosophy)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declarant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxastic_attitudes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statutory_declaration

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_of_impunity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package-deal_fallacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_pending

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivialism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acatalepsy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanaticism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witness_tampering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou_shalt_not_take_the_name_of_the_Lord_thy_God_in_vain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Phillips#Unsubstantiated_and_false_voter_fraud_claims

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsus_in_uno,_falsus_in_omnibus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-monitoring_error#False_fame

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Batwoman_characters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_America_News_Network#False_story_about_Bible_ban

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_impostor#False_accusations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_life_regression

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_nonce

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_prone_personality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait-and-switch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evasion_(ethics)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Peter_2#The_danger_and_condemnation_of_false_prophets_%282%3A1%E2%80%9310a%29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_techniques

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_misconduct

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_infrared_sensor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servants%27_Characters_Act_1792

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-deception

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_alarm#False_and_absent_alarms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrelevant_conclusion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embezzlement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastidious_organism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice-supportive_bias#False_memory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_Troubles#False_Dmitry_I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_(computer_science)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrelevant_conclusion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malingering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen%27s_arrest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_negligence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irresistible_force_paradox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_therapy#False_assumptions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoax

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpractice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagrancy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelest#False_visions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superiority_complex

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions


 






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