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She’s never worked in intelligence, carried a badge, or been taught tradecraft.
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Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Dozens of senior Iranian officials and commanders — chief among them Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s longtime supreme leader — have been killed, a consequence of superior U.S. and Israeli intelligence as well as shoddy Iranian tradecraft.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Public recruitment campaigns represent an evolution in tradecraft for the agency, which in recent years has increasingly used cinematic online videos to reach audiences inside rival states, including Russia and Iran.
—Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
The capabilities of the 37 modules discovered so far include:
Cloud-first tradecraft.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 13 Jan. 2026
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Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Dozens of senior Iranian officials and commanders — chief among them Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s longtime supreme leader — have been killed, a consequence of superior U.S. and Israeli intelligence as well as shoddy Iranian tradecraft.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Public recruitment campaigns represent an evolution in tradecraft for the agency, which in recent years has increasingly used cinematic online videos to reach audiences inside rival states, including Russia and Iran.
—Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
The capabilities of the 37 modules discovered so far include:
Cloud-first tradecraft.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Tradecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tradecraft. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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