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Discuss The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Foreign Intelligence Relationships And Liaisons

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via channels they understand because they are imbedded within that asset. Along those same lines a liaison can potentially provide a direct military force to solve a problem when it is within their home country. So instead of just providing intelligence support they could also provide operational support as long as those lines of communication and understanding are in place. Potentially the most beneficial advantage to cooperation is that of providing a viable “cover” to mask U.S. actions or interests as local ones and concealing otherwise apparent U.S. behavior in foreign countries.
There are also disadvantages to foreign intelligence relationships and liaisons which the United States must maintain a state of vigilance on (Rosenbach and Peritz, 2009). First the U.S. needs to be aware of the potential for conflicting interests. Relationships with adversaries could potentially provide them with sensitive information about interests, strategies, plans, or tactics critical to the U.S. This leads into hostile collection and the fact that liaisons or foreign partners may attempt to leverage their status in an effort to gain insight into United States intentions and or sources and methods. So as the U.S. is collecting in a foreign partner’s back yard this could tip them off to sensitive strategies being utilized.
Beyond those disadvantages there is the hurdle that different countries have different standards and capabilities. An international partner may have less rigorous

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