 | A quick look at the opposing forces in
this secret war. |
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| Because Knowledge is Power, mankind, in
search of power, has found it necessary to probe the operations
of others in private life and in the business world in much the
same manner as it probes military and political activities of
foreign governments. |
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| The "take" or information
gathered from such probing is generally referred to as Intelligence.
The Power gained by intelligence gathering is the
advantage of knowing in advance, the disposition, plans,
potential and intentions of others. |
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| Some intelligence gathering uses legal
means such as a review of public records. There is also a broad
gray area of activity, which while not necessarily against the
law, is something kept under wraps. Typical of this is the
advice you might feel constrained to convey to a colleague as to
the true reasons you terminated an individual he is now thinking
about hiring. |
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| At the far end of the spectrum is the
practice of electronic surveillance, which, absent a court
order, is almost always against the law. It is the
management problems dealing with electronic surveillance that we
will examine here. |
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| Rather than focusing solely on
electronic surveillance, it is important to review the other
possibilities and remind ones self that intelligence leaks can
come about in many ways other than through illegal electronic
means. |
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