Deception and Denial in the Intelligence Community

In completing this essay you must make reference to the course readings and other sources to back up and support your answers. Use a formal outline, sections, including an intro and conclusion paragraphs, supporting paragraphs with section headings throughout. This essay will test your knowledge of the following objective.

Objective: Show Comprehension of basic theories of the use of Denial and Deception in shaping perception.

Joseph W. Caddell's article, "Deception 101 - Primer on Deception"
(https://fas.org/irp/eprint/deception.pdf) describes several theories associated with shaping perception via deception. Select an example from Caddell's case studies of a "passive" deception and describe how it was designed to shape adversary perceptions.