Double agent

Double agent

In counterintelligence, a double agent is an employee of a secret intelligence service for one country. Double agentry may be practiced by spies of the target organization who infiltrate the controlling organization. A triple agent is a spy who pretends to be adouble agent for one side, while they are truthfully a double Agent for the other side.

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Summary Double agentIn counterintelligence, a double agent is an employee of a secret intelligence service for one country. Double agentry may be practiced by spies of the target organization who infiltrate the controlling organization or may result from the turning of previously loyal agents by the target.

Double agents are often used to transmit disinformation or to identify other agents as part of counter-espionage operations. A triple agent is a spy who pretends to be adouble agent for one side, while they are truthfully a double Agent for the other side.