Intelligence Search Shifts to Human Methods as Electronic Surveillance Fails
The targeted individual is now believed to communicate through couriers carrying handwritten notes, with some suspecting the IRGC may be hiding his death or using body doubles.
Electronic surveillance has yielded few leads in the search for a high-profile target, prompting a shift to human intelligence. Authorities now believe the individual communicates exclusively via unwitting couriers who transport handwritten messages, avoiding digital traces.
Some intelligence officials suspect that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) may be concealing the target’s death or deploying body doubles to mislead the search effort, according to a report by The Times.
The shift in tactics underscores the challenges of tracking a person who has completely abandoned electronic communication. The situation adds to geopolitical uncertainty in the region.
Source: First Squawk