Embedded local spies and networks, which Jiang treats as more convincing than electronic surveillance for locating protected leaders.
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Embedded local spies and networks, which Jiang treats as more convincing than electronic surveillance for locating protected leaders.
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Jiang argues that human intelligence, not merely electronic surveillance, is the more reliable explanation for how leaders are being located and killed.
The law of proximity explains the leader killings: domestic factions provide intelligence to external enemies in order to weaken internal rivals.
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"...two ways to figure out where the leader is, okay? There's human intelligence, called HUMET. And there's signal intelligence, called SIGNET, okay? Human intelligence,..."
"...The most important source, the most reliable source of information is human intelligence, having spies embedded in local networks to spot for you where..."
"...civil conflicts within these nations, okay? These different factions are providing intelligence to their enemies in order to limit their internal enemies, right?"
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The lecture names the law of proximity: people and nations play many games at once, but the nearest game is the one that governs action.
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