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Subject: Re: Pearls before Swine Series - Bug Sweep Wisdom, January 2009
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From: Liu Si Guang <liusi..._at_gmail.com>
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Some of my favorites...
"If you find yourself in a fair fight, you did not plan well."
Tracers work both ways.
It's not how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose.
(originally attributed to Attilla the Hun)
"Ain't nothin' to teaching a snake to tap dance, once you get him
fitted for shoes." - Lazarus Long
LSG
On Jan 6, 5:01=A0pm, "James M. Atkinson" <j..._at_tscm.com> wrote:
> Please let me know if these is anything I should add.
>
> -jma
>
> Pearls before Swine Series
> Bug Sweep Wisdom
>
> January 2009 Version
> By James M. Atkinson, the "Sun Tzu of Bug Sweeps"
>
> A brave man dies but once, but a coward dies a thousand deaths.
>
> It is always better to die on your feet, then to live on your knees
>
> Always dance like nobody is watching.
>
> Do not go gently into that dark night
>
> Do not bring a knife to a gun fight
>
> Forgive your enemies, forget not their names.
>
> A closed mouth attracts no foot.
>
> Some friends will help you move, but real friends will help you move bodi=
es.
>
> A brave and honest man will still stand up to do
> the right thing, and will lift his voice and
> speak the truth when it is appropriate to do so.
> A coward will sit in the back of the room and keep his mouth shut.
>
> The racking of a shotgun speaks loudly in any languages, and any culture.
>
> "Sie vie pacem, para bellum" (if you want peace, first prepare for war)
>
> When you are traveling always check into your
> hotel at least one hour before sunset, and always
> call ahead for reservations. Otherwise, you will
> end up paying too much for your room, you will
> get a bad room, or you may get no room at all.
>
> Assume that hotels will always screw up your
> reservations, so always have a backup plan for an
> alternate hotel, and then an alternate for your alternate.
>
> When everything is coming your way, you are in the wrong lane.
>
> If you actually think, you can drive your car
> after a few drinks you should consider driving a
> powerful motorcycle instead, should not wear a
> helmet, and should sign an organ donor card as soon as possible.
>
> The most importance thing in your house is the
> mattress, linens, and blankets on your bed. Not
> the sofa, not the big screen TV, not the stereo.
> Keep your priorities straight, and invest in a
> good nights sleep and buy a good bed.
>
> When you travel bring your own sheets, and get
> the kind that are "bug proof" and hypo-bacterial.
> This also applies to your pillow case covers,
> your own blankets, and your own quilt.
>
> In a hotel room the nastiest, most disease-laden
> items are the TV remote control, the telephone,
> and the bed spread. Lysol is available in small
> cans for just this sort of thing, but consider bringing your own.
>
> Never eat out of, nor drink out of the mini-bar
> in a hotel room. Use room service instead, or
> better yet go visit a local grocery store after
> you check in and buy $20 worth of groceries.
>
> The difference between the word Cop and Con is
> one letter. Trust is hard to gain, and easy to loose, never forget this f=
act.
>
> Never stay at a hotel that does not have room
> service available 24 hours a day, but only use it
> on rare occasions. Breakfast is always the best room service meal, not di=
nner.
>
> A good restaurant will always require a gentleman
> to wear a jacket for the evening seating, but a
> truly good restaurant will loan him a properly
> sized jacket should he not be wearing one.
>
> At a proper establishment, no member of your
> group sees you pay the ticket, or if the check is
> presented at the table, nobody notices that you have covertly paid it.
>
> Always have a few good friends with whom you can
> share your thoughts, fears, wants, goals,
> desires, and disappointments, and whom will
> always give you honest criticism and advice.
>
> A good friend will always tell you when you are
> being a too much of a geek or acting like a horses ass.
>
> Good service is always well tipped, but bad
> service is also tipped along with a very discrete complaint to the manage=
ment.
>
> A gentleman tips for the service which he expects
> to receive next time at the establishment, not
> for the service he just experienced. Learn what
> this means, and why tip money should always flow
> freely to the appropriate people, but withheld
> from others (ie: one does not tip the owner of a hotel, or the desk clerk=
).
>
> Nobody should ever see you tip, and the recipient
> of the gratuity should not know that a gratuity
> is being covertly passed to them until they feel it in their hand.
>
> The most powerful words in business are those of
> "Please" and "Thank You", and you should use them often.
>
> Take time to think in the middle of doing. A few
> minutes of thinking can save hours of doing.
> Doing without thinking is dangerous; thinking
> without doing is misguided. Sometimes we must do and think at the same ti=
me.
>
> Make sure that you control your sweep equipment,
> and that it does not control you. Meditate on
> this for a while, for it is one of the great secrets of the TSCM business=
.
>
> Keep your sweep equipment in good repair, and
> operational at all times. A few minutes of
> checking out your equipment the night before you
> start a sweep can prevent six hours of utter on-site chaos, or a missed b=
ug.
>
> No piece of sweep equipment can replace a
> flashlight, a proper ladder, and the eyes of a
> TSCM specialist. This is also one of the great
> secrets of how to perform a proper bug sweep.
>
> When in doubt always wear long sleeved button
> down oxford shirts, a crew neck T-shirt, and a
> tie. But, always pack a couple of polo shirts so
> that you can match your client's dress code.
>
> When in doubt wear a dark suit, a white, long
> sleeved, button down oxford shirt, and a muted
> tie. Shoes and socks should always be black leather, as should the belt.
>
> Know when to wear a suit, and when to wear jeans
> and a flannel shirt on a sweep.
>
> Always carry a pocket sized notebook, small
> ruler, and a ball point pen or pencil on a sweep.
> Learn to take copious notes, and always write
> down the date and time of each note.
>
> A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
>
> Learn how to use a ball point pen or key ring as
> an edged weapon, and learn when to use it to save your life.
>
> Do not cheat at golf, ever; it is the game of the
> honor of a true gentleman. Be truthful on your
> handicap, tip your caddy well, and never carry
> your own bags. Other players will always remember
> your cheats and mulligans, and will expect the
> same from you in business and thus never trust
> you. Golf is all about business and honor, learn
> to play it, you will learn much. Meditate on this
> until you understand why this is so important.
>
> Learn to play chess well, and to moderate your
> play to match your opponents skill level. It is
> more about having a pleasant two way play, and
> less about winning in seven moves or less. Be
> able to both play chess and to teach chess. The
> best way to learn chess is to teach it to a
> child, and to never win more then 50% of your
> matches. Sometimes it is about controlling
> yourself, and reigning in your capabilities, and
> less about winning. Learn why this is important in business.
>
> Learn to play blackjack and poker well, to the
> point that you are not welcome in certain
> casinos. Learn why this is important to TSCM and
> Intelligence activities in general.
>
> If you work for someone for a living do not try
> to delude yourself into thinking your little
> moonlighting TSCM job means that you are self
> employed. Instead you have nothing more then a
> hobby with benefits. You are only self-employed
> when you earn 100% of your income from the work
> of your own hands, and you answer to nobody but your clients.
>
> Never conceal from your customers that you are
> moonlighting, because someday your customer will
> tell your employer about the projects you have
> been doing for them so that he can make a
> referral for your services. While your customer
> has good intentions in doing this your boss is
> never going to trust you again, and you may or
> may find yourself unemployed and not understand
> why. If you are moonlighting, be sure your
> customer knows where you work, and who your boss is to avoid such uglines=
s.
>
> To learn a subject, try to teach it to someone else.
>
> New ways are not always better, neither are the
> old ways. Learn why this is not always true, and
> learn when to stay on course, and when to change your path.
>
> There is no better discipline for a TSCM
> specialist than to build a structure, a house, a
> office building, or a barn. The same hold true
> for designing and installing computer networks,
> phone systems, and data systems. This is one of
> the great secrets of learning about TSCM and bug
> sweeps, for if you know nothing about
> construction you have no reason to be in the business.
>
> Learn to write computer programs from scratch in
> C or C++ and develop your own TSCM software that
> you use on your own sweeps and which you never
> sell outside of your own operation.
>
> At least once in your life delivery a baby into
> the world, and then examine your life thus far.
>
> The ability to wash your own windshield, fill
> your own gas tank, and change the engine oil in
> your car does not mean that you are an auto
> mechanic. A true mechanic can rebuild an engine
> by himself, and can strip the vehicle down to the
> raw chassis rails and rebuilt it better that the
> factory. Ditto with sweep equipment and a real
> TSCM specialists, you are a faker unless you can
> Frankenstein your own equipment.
>
> Facing a problem and fixing it is easier than complaining about it.
>
> Real men drink beer out of bottle or chilled
> glass, not out of a can. They also know when to
> stop drinking, and know not to drive after any
> drinking. Root beer, ginger soda, orange soda,
> and cr=E8me soda are all to be consumed from a
> chilled bottle or glass, and in the same fashion as any other bottled bev=
erage.
>
> Only a fool makes light of someone who prefers to
> be a moderate drinker, or someone who prefers to
> avoid alcohol outright. A good host will always
> ensure that non-alcoholic beverages are always
> discretely available to all guests, along with
> coffee, teas, and other non-intoxicating drinks.
>
> Take time each day to do nothing. Just to sit
> quietly by yourself, to think, and to clear your
> mind. Let your mind go blank, and just let
> yourself breath. God invented bathtubs, commodes,
> tree stumps, and comfortable chairs for mediations like this.
>
> Consider everybody to be honest, honorable, and
> hardworking, until ...
>
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