Moscow Rules
From charlesreid1
Moscow Rules
1. Assume nothing.
2. Never go against your gut.
3. Everyone is potentially under opposition control.
4. Do not look back; you are never completely alone.
5. Go with the flow, blend in.
6. Vary your pattern and stay within your cover.
7. Lull them into a sense of complacency.
8. Do not harass the opposition.
9. Pick the time and place for action.
10. Keep your options open.
Extended Moscow Rules
- Assume nothing.
- Murphy is right.
- Never go against your gut; it is your operational antenna.
- Don’t look back; you are never completely alone.
- Everyone is potentially under opposition control.
- Go with the flow, blend in.
- Vary your pattern and stay within your cover.
- Any operation can be aborted. If it feels wrong, it is wrong.
- Maintain a natural pace.
- Lull them into a sense of complacency.
- Build in opportunity, but use it sparingly.
- Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
- Don’t harass the opposition.
- There is no limit to a human being’s ability to rationalize the truth.
- Pick the time and place for action.
- Keep your options open.
- Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is an enemy action.
- Don’t attract attention, even by being too careful.
https://www.intelligence101.com/the-moscow-rules-unpacking-the-10-rules-every-spy-should-live-by/