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- Moscow Rule 1: Assume nothing. The first of the Mosco rules, tells intelligence officers to put their preconceived notions, ideas and bias to the side.
- Moscow Rule 2: Never go against your gut. During a recent hold’em poker tournament –I raised my opponents’ bet because I was so sure I had him beat. I was holding the middle pair (a pair of 10s)… but after he pushed ‘all in’ over the top, I talked myself down – rationalising, and recalling the action.
- Moscow Rule 3: Everyone is potentially under opposition control. Ultimately this could be written a second way: trust no-one. Whilst I understand, a culture of hyper-vigilance might be bad for making new friends, in the world of intelligence professionals, assume the worst and hope for the best.
- Moscow Rule 4: Don’t look back; you are never completely alone. Picture this. You’re an intelligence officer operating in a foreign country. You’ve left the security of your cover job to meet with an asset at a pre-arranged location.
Feb 2, 2024 · Still applicable today, the code known as Moscow Rules was first brought to explicit public notice by John le Carré in his classic 1974 thriller ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’.
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When CIA operatives stationed in Moscow discussed any sensitive topic inside the walls of the U.S. Embassy, they did so in what they called the “bubble”. This transparent plastic structure resembled a dome descending over a table for two. “Known as the ‘Bubble’, it was the one room in Moscow where a person could discuss sensitive information withou...
A handful of CIA agents stationed in Moscow during the early Cold War years found themselves operating in the environment where foreigners were, metaphorically speaking, a “red rag to a bull”. CIA agents who worked in Moscow during the Cold War remember that the KGB’s 7th directorate, responsible for surveillance, was all over them at all times. Fo...
The CIA had to step up to the challenge. Forced to learn from its mistakes at the early stage of the struggle, the CIA’s Moscow station was believed to have developed a set of guiding principles, aka the ‘Moscow Rules’. Since there was never a written document specifying the rules, those vary depending on the source. In the International Spy Museum...
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May 21, 2018 · From the spymaster and inspiration for the movie Argo: how a group of brilliant but under-supported CIA operatives developed breakthrough spy tactics that helped turn the tide of the Cold War. Antonio Mendez arrived in Moscow in 1976, at one of the most dangerous moments in the Cold War.
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Jun 10, 2019 · When CIA officers walk out of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, they're shadowed by Russian security. A new book examines how they have operated with this round-the-clock surveillance.
May 16, 2018 · There are a few different versions of the Moscow Rules, the term that refers to how a spy should handle themselves behind enemy lines. I like this version I found on a postcard in the International Spy Museum.
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Jun 10, 2019 · When CIA officers walk out of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, they're shadowed by Russian security. A new book examines how they have operated with this round-the-clock surveillance.
