| ID | 116385 |
| Title Proper | Hizballah's counterintelligence apparatus |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Wege, Carl Anthony |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Political scientist Roy Godson defined counterintelligence as the identification and neutralization of the threat posed by foreign intelligence services, and the manipulation of those services for the manipulators' benefit. 1 Organizational counterintelligence disciplines, while having focal entities, typically function as overlays across the whole of the intelligence enterprise. Between 2009 and 2011, the Hizballah organization engaged in a major counterintelligence sweep across Lebanon. Combined with other counterintelligence activity, since the 2006 Summer War (also called the Harb Tammuz) nearly 200 Lebanese citizens-Christians, Sunni and Shi'a Muslims, senior military and retired civilian executives-were arrested and credibly accused of espionage. Some of these Lebanese had spied on behalf of Israel for decades and others were more recently compromised. Following is a discussion of the increasing scope and complexity of Hizballah's counterintelligence apparatus in light of these developments. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence Vol. 25, No.4; Winter 2012: p.771-785 |
| Journal Source | International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence Vol. 25, No.4; Winter 2012: p.771-785 |
| Key Words | Political Scientist ; Roy Godson ; Hizballah ; Counterintelligence ; Neutralization ; Lebanon's Civic Culture ; Lebanon ; Iran |