A Modern-Day Requirement for Co-Ordinated Covert Action Lessons from the UK's Intelligence History
A Modern-Day Requirement for Co-Ordinated Covert Action Lessons from the UK's Intelligence History
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英国情报史上对协调秘密行动的现代要求
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10.1080/03071847.2016.1174478
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2016
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Cormac R
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秘密行动可以成为国家武器库中的重要武器。然而，它本身就存在争议和风险。罗里·科马克（Rory Cormac）、迈克尔·S·古德曼（Michael S Goodman）和汤姆·霍尔曼（Tom Holman）认为，在考虑秘密行动时，白厅应该吸取最近的教训。英国长期以来一直采用秘密行动，几十年来，如何最好地管理和协调此类敏感活动一直是其政策制定者和政治家关注的重点。鉴于涉及的保密性，这些教训以及所创建的机制已经消失在历史之中。然而，随着秘密行动现在似乎重新提上议程，以前的经验和来之不易的教训重新变得重要起来。
Covert action can be an important weapon in a state’s arsenal. It is, however, inherently controversial and risky. Rory Cormac, Michael S Goodman and Tom Holman argue that when considering covert action, Whitehall should look to lessons from the recent past. The UK has long used covert action, and how best to manage and co-ordinate such sensitive activity was for many decades a key preoccupation of its policy-makers and politicians. Given the secrecy involved, these lessons, and the machinery created, have been lost to history. Yet with covert action seemingly now back on the agenda, previous experience and hard-learnt lessons have assumed renewed importance.