One source = no source
John Robinson
| There’s a saying in the intelligence business that goes… One source equals no source. So, what in the heck does that mean? Well, let’s say you’re a spy and you’re working in Russia. You’ve recruited a Russian in the military to feed secrets to the United States. One day, this fellow comes to you and says… “Hey, on January 14th Russia is going to launch a nuke attack against the US.” Once you get this information, does the US immediately trust it and start pummeling Russia with nukes? No. Instead, you obviously have to verify the info. There are multiple intelligence officers running multiple different people in the Russian military – and, of course, they don’t know about one another. Let’s say the US had recruited 50 different guys in the Russian military and all 50 said the same thing… Then you’d certainly be worried and take the necessary action since multiple sources confirmed the information. The sources would be polygraphed too. So, how does this apply to you and me? Well, you and I aren’t recruiting Russians to spy for the US. However, when anyone mentions the “one source = no sources” to me, it makes me also think of “two is one and one is none.” In other words, just like the US government can’t have only one source, you and I can’t only have one set of supplies. You always want to have multiple backups when it comes to emergency preparedness because two is one and one is none. This is the reason I own multiple flashlights, own multiple types of survival food, have multiple storage containers full of water, and so on. One of the things I am doing now and over this coming weekend is planning my goals and preparations for 2025.  It does include more of this survival food here. It also includes other things that I will share next week. Stay safe, Jason Hanson Former CIA Officer Editor, Spy & Survival Briefing Editor, Black Bag Confidential
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