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I'm David Priese and this is the LawFair podcast like a marriage, a healthy relationship

between an intelligence officer and an asset usually features ample attention and extensive

energy and of course a lot of time spent with one another.

But how do intelligence officers have the necessary face-to-face meetings when going

outside is all but forbidden?

What about conducting surveillance detection or servicing dead drops on empty streets

in the coronavirus era?

Three former CIA officers Alex Finley, John Amendes and I explored this tricky topic in a

recent article on LawFair.

Without further ado, here is.

How do you spy when the world is shut down?

The novel coronavirus presents significant challenges to the mission and operations of

every government agency and department.

In the central intelligence agency is no exception.

In fact, the agency's intelligence officers now face a more difficult challenge than ever

when it comes to their efforts to recruit spies.

Normal techniques don't work under the unique circumstances created by the virus.

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