Confusion agent

{{Short description|A decoy spy meant to confuse}}

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In espionage, a confusion agent is an individual who is dispatched for the primary purpose

of confounding the intelligence or counterintelligence apparatus of another country, rather than for the purpose of collecting and transmitting information. Such an individual may provide misleading information, among other confusion tactics.{{cite book |title=Race against evil: the secret missions of the Interpol agent who tracked the world's most sinister criminals : a real life drama |last=Bannon |first=David Race |year=2003 |publisher=New Horizon Press |isbn=0882822314 |page=326 |accessdate=June 12, 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-X_aAAAAMAAJ&q=%22confusion+agent%22+technique}}