Tradecraft Quotes

He was in late age, yet his tradecraft had never been better; for the first time in his career, he held the advantage over his old adversary.

On the other hand, that adversary had acquired a human face of disconcerting clarity. It was no brute whom Smiley was pursuing with such mastery, no unqualified fanatic after all, no automaton. It was a man; and one whose downfall, if Smiley chose to bring it about, would be caused by nothing more sinister than excessive love, a weakness with which Smiley himself, from his own tangled life, was eminently familiar. ~ John Le Carre

I learned the technology and tradecraft of electronic security in self defense, with a lot of expert help. ~ Barton Gellman

Havens turned again.
Someone else passed between the trucks.
That someone walked with less purpose than the other workers near the stalls. To Havens this meant a surveillance asset was on him and it probably was not an assassination attempt. It eased him back into relative comfort for just a moment or two more. ~ J.T. Patten

For programming is a job where Lovecraft meets tradecraft, all the time. ~ Charles Stross

Spies are, by nature and necessity, pathological liars who strive to make their endgames justify their meanness. ~ Stewart Stafford