5 Counter-Intelligence Tips for Anyone Who Suspects They Are the Target of the Government Intelligence Operatives

John Schindler, a  professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, where he teaches courses on security, strategy, intelligence and, terrorism and, who also spent nearly a decade with the National Security Agency as an intelligence analyst and counterintelligence officer, put out a series of tweets advising those headed for the Olympic games in Sochi, Russia on what to watch out for and how to detect intelligence operations. Although written in the context of Sochi and Russia's intelligence agency, the FSB, the tweets may also have applications here in the US sometime in the future as this country becomes more totalitarian.

Here are the key tweets via Business Insider:

How is FSB watching you in your hotel bathroom? Shut door & run shower hot for 10 mins. Clear spot on mirror is the cam. #Sochi #CI #protip
— John Schindler (@20committee) February 6, 2014

FSB/KGB has long history of blackmailing Western journos who do things in Russia they don't want everyone to know about. #Sochi #CI #protip
— John Schindler (@20committee) February 6, 2014

American application: What you do in Vegas may not stay in Vegas, if intelligence operatives are tailing you.

Don't do anything in Russia you wouldn't want yr spouse/parent/child to know about. What thappens in #Sochi will not stay there. #CI #protip
— John Schindler (@20committee) February 6, 2014

Also, if you leave your laptop (or any electronics) in your hotel room, you've just given the contents to the FSB. #Sochi #protip #CI
— John Schindler (@20committee) February 6, 2014

Of course, in the USA, it's not even about leaving your laptop unsecured in a hotel room. The NSA probably can get access to your laptop now, if they want.

The upside:

Upside to being target of FSB close surveillance is your odds of becoming a victim of street crime is roughly 0%. #Sochi #CI #protip
— John Schindler (@20committee) February 6, 2014