Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Agentenführer
English translation:
case officer/agent handler (controller)
Added to glossary by
Steffen Walter
Jul 11, 2008 22:38
15 yrs ago
4 viewers *
German term
Agentenführer
German to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
Espionage
Sie lieferten Charakteristika ihrer Führungsoffiziere von der Gegenseite, sammelten Hinweise zu deren Identifizierung und fertigten gemeinsam mit unseren Spezialisten Porträtskizzen ihrer Agentenführer.
Es handelt sich um inoffizielle Mitarbeiter mit Feindverbindung, IMF, des Stasi.
Es handelt sich um inoffizielle Mitarbeiter mit Feindverbindung, IMF, des Stasi.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +1 | case officer/agent handler(controller) | Kim Metzger |
Change log
Jul 11, 2008 22:54: Kim Metzger changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Government / Politics"
Jul 11, 2008 22:54: Kim Metzger changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jul 15, 2008 12:44: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/0">'s</a> old entry - "Agentenführer"" to ""case officer/agent handler(controller)""
Proposed translations
+1
15 mins
Selected
case officer/agent handler(controller)
I've read a lot of spy novels.
Case Officer
The relationship between Case Officer and agent is very much akin to that of a psychiatrist and patient, because very often the person willing to become involved in espionage and the betrayal of his country, is someone with emotional problems, or may develop serious emotional problems from the stress of the work. The Case Officer is the complete intelligence professional in the operational field, always cool, level headed, in control of his emotions. Always ready to deal with a crisis, be it personal or imagined, or of the dreaded breach of security protocol type, sloppiness, laziness, stupidity, lack of motivation, carelessness. The Case Officer must constantly be looking after these concerns and be ready to mentor and exhort the bedraggled agent to carry on.
The term "agent" refers to "one who acts on behalf of another", the "another", in this case being an organization or government. Agents can be either witting or unwitting. They can also by willing of unwilling. Agents are almost always a foreign national who is under the direction of an agent handler or controller. In the case of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, this handler is known as a Case Officer.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Glossary_of_espionage_terms
Case Officer: a CIA officer that recruits and runs agents
http://www.geocities.com/operations_directorate_imf/Glossary...
case officer - An operations officer serving as an official staffer of an intelligence service.
http://themasterofdisguise.com/glossary.html
Agent handler is a generic term common to many intelligence organizations which can be applied to Case Officers, those who aspire to be Case officers, "controllers", contacts, couriers and other assorted trainees.
Case Officer
The relationship between Case Officer and agent is very much akin to that of a psychiatrist and patient, because very often the person willing to become involved in espionage and the betrayal of his country, is someone with emotional problems, or may develop serious emotional problems from the stress of the work. The Case Officer is the complete intelligence professional in the operational field, always cool, level headed, in control of his emotions. Always ready to deal with a crisis, be it personal or imagined, or of the dreaded breach of security protocol type, sloppiness, laziness, stupidity, lack of motivation, carelessness. The Case Officer must constantly be looking after these concerns and be ready to mentor and exhort the bedraggled agent to carry on.
The term "agent" refers to "one who acts on behalf of another", the "another", in this case being an organization or government. Agents can be either witting or unwitting. They can also by willing of unwilling. Agents are almost always a foreign national who is under the direction of an agent handler or controller. In the case of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, this handler is known as a Case Officer.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Glossary_of_espionage_terms
Case Officer: a CIA officer that recruits and runs agents
http://www.geocities.com/operations_directorate_imf/Glossary...
case officer - An operations officer serving as an official staffer of an intelligence service.
http://themasterofdisguise.com/glossary.html
Agent handler is a generic term common to many intelligence organizations which can be applied to Case Officers, those who aspire to be Case officers, "controllers", contacts, couriers and other assorted trainees.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Kim, also for the references. "
Something went wrong...