Failure of Counterespionage Operations Causes

Failure of Counterespionage Operations Causes
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COUNTERESPIONAGE ANALYSIS
Governments globally need to keep their affairs a secret, for their enemies might use them to attack them. To the government, information is a crucial aspect of its existence and operations. Daily, the government receives and sends critical information and, when leaked or misinterpreted, would cause havoc in the nation. To the government, gathering and sending this information is termed intelligence. The act of intelligence holds a crucial aspect where information is rigorously analyzed and processed when received to pass a well-thought judgment that will influence the type of action or reaction taken. In some cases, in various governments, individuals go against their nations or others like sent spies by the enemies gather information on the countries' security details and other critical areas and plan to terrorize the government. That act is espionage vary for different reasons, but generally, it is considered a crime. With the variations, espionage warrants other punishments: execution, deportation, or detainment upon arrest when carrying out the unconstitutional act. Espionage is a thing that has been in various governments globally, even in the past. These governments survived due to developing concrete counterespionage processes that helped neutralize the infiltration. Counterespionage which is the same as counterintelligence, are all activities designed and carried out to ensure that spying by the enemy is neutralized..[Hall, Megan. "Heroes of World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor." Children's Book and Media Review 40, no. 1 (2019): 29. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol40/iss1/29/] [Ronczkowski, Michael R. Terrorism, and organized hate crime: intelligence gathering, analysis, and investigations. CRC Press, 2017. /books/mono/10.4324/9781315203133/terrorism-organized-hate-crime-michael-ronczkowski]
Pearl Harbor Attack
One of the most significant reasons for a failure in counterespionage is the failure to act. Failure to act comes about when intelligence that is well analyzed and processed is tabled, but those entrusted to work on it choose to ignore and assume its worthiness.. When the government receives information on any attempt that would risk national security, it is logical to assess and act according to the need immediately. Actions will be established after rigorous analysis and investigations and thus effectively neutralizing the foreign intelligence infiltrations. For example, one of the failed counterespionage activities was the Pearl Harbor attack. In 1947, date seven the December, the Japanese successfully struck the United States Pacific naval fleets at Pearl Harbor so hard. The attack was severe and catastrophic as two thousand four hundred and three US military personnel were lost and sixty-eight civilians.. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise Japanese military attack, and thus a large number of lives were lost and crucial war equipment destroyed.[Canaris, Wilhelm, Red Orchestra, and Otto John. "Counterintelligence failures." https://ipfs.fleek.co/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Counterintelligence_...