Intelligence Operations
Command and Control
State intelligence agencies use hierarchical command structures to conduct covert operations—including surveillance, cyber attacks, disinformation campaigns, and political interference—both domestically to suppress dissent and internationally to manipulate foreign governments and societies while maintaining plausible deniability.
State intelligence agencies use hierarchical command structures to conduct covert operations—including surveillance, cyber attacks, disinformation campaigns, and political interference—both domestically to suppress dissent and internationally to manipulate foreign governments and societies while maintaining plausible deniability.
FIMI Taxonomy by Information Epidemiology Lab.
Citation
BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
title = {Intelligence {Operations}},
date = {2026-02-17},
url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/intelligence-operations.html},
langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Intelligence Operations,” February.
https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/intelligence-operations.html.