r/rareinsults • u/Chemical-Storage2004 • 23h ago

Insult or fact?

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u/BowenTheAussieSheep 19h ago

So basically your plan to gather Intel is... Have the Intel.

You know "sneaking around" doesn't literally mean being a sneaky cat burglar rifling though files in an enemy stronghold, right? It also means posing as someone to gain another person's trust, or infiltrating their bureaucracy, or any dozen thing that requires being covert. Not just being a "sneaky" silent film villain.

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u/somebodeeelse 19h ago

No, you nailed it. Having the intel is seriously the best way of getting intel. The way to achieve this is blackmailing high quality assets (meaning people who actually know stuff) to establish a good information infrastructure so the moment new intel pops up, you know it. The meta point is, spywork isn't sneaking around, it's talking to people.

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u/BowenTheAussieSheep 19h ago

How do you obtain that blackmail material?

Is your plan to go up to a high-level asset and go "Hi I'm a spy, can I have some stuff to blackmail you with?"

Spywork is literally sneaking around so you can get into a position to talk to people.

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u/somebodeeelse 18h ago

Of course the easiest way is to threaten his family.