There’s no rules anymore. If you find a rule that stops them from protecting the regime or executing the regime’s objectives, they’ll change it. There is no point clinging to any of these written rules. We are slowly entering a war zone. None of the people who could stop this are doing it. I will say this is my own opinion (for now) as a disclaimer… But the way I see it is this: if the military doesn’t turn on trump then it will eventually become the responsibility of the citizens. We’re frogs in boiling water and I am absolutely terrified.

Probably not as much as the people trying to protect their families. Average household 4-6 people inside? They’ll send 24 then. Double that after the first agent casualty.

The term asset in espionage just refers to somebody who does is being utilized for active measures or intelligence collection. They manipulate those people all the time. In some cases assets may not even know they are providing intelligence or carrying out an agency’s objectives.