Non-State Actors
Sirens & Secrets: The Counterintelligence Failures of Britain’s Secret Police Part I
April 18, 2019
Insider Expert
For over 40 years, undercover officers from the Metropolitan Police infiltrated a number of environmental, political and animal-rights activism groups, tasked with identifying and disrupting planned protest activities. In the short term, the undercover officers were successful: they exploited the lack of effective counterintelligence (CI) mechanisms and deceived activists, avoided detection and neutralised and constrained acts of violence and public disorder. However, in the long term the operations have been highly problematic. The conduct of…