What prompted this one was driving into work and I noticed one of these on the side of the road, hidden under a bridge, 

Well I was moving about 78 in a 65 and I spotted him in the distance, so I turned off the cruise control and let others catch up to me, I was not in the fast lane and I didn't hit my brakes.   But I guess he was waiting for the people that really speed like the 85MPHers, and yes there are a lot of them and it also was cold like 32 degrees so it would have to be worth it for him to jump out there and pull someone over.  And no it was not a "GSP", they will pull you over for going 5 over, and they don't care. If you run, they will "PIT" your ride and you will go to jail anyway.  But I digress.  Well anyway, while I was driving down the interstate and I broke the view of the police car and I started thinking of ways to change my taillight combinations or what have you to make Identification more difficult in the dark, and I got to thinking about the "KGB" would trail people with vehicles and they would have switches that would change the light combination to throw off suspicion of the people they were tracking and I got to thinking about "Moscow Rules"......Man my minds bounces around a lot.....scary LOL.   SO that created the idea for this post.

  I had published these rules over in 2014 and 2021, so I "dusted" them off and put them out there again.  The Rules  were made for the CIA to keep their case officers alive in the most intense place to run "Counter-Intel" on the planet was Moscow, the KGB would vigorously prosecute and search for all foreign agents and especially for their own people that might betray "Da Rodina" and they were very aggressive.   Usually to flip someone it was called MICE, Money, Ideology, Coercion or Empathy.  Those 4 were or a combination of them would flip somebody into betrayal.    Man it don't take me long for me to drop back into spookspeak...jeez...man you think you forget after the cold war....and it all come back....and I am is just a airplane mechanic now...

I have had several references  made to "Moscow Rules" so I googled them and this is what I came up with.  It is a good rule of thumb kinda like my "Gibbs Rules" that I had posted years ago,  but reference because occasionally because it makes sense.  The Pictures are compliments of "Bing"  The Rules are compliments of Wikiuniversity

Whether fiction or fact, the Moscow Rules are often referenced and seldom printed. Said to have been developed by CIA for making sure their operatives were not sent like lambs to the slaughter to tough spots like Moscow, the Moscow Rules are an incredibly profound set of pragmatic guidelines for effective tradecraft. They are exceptionally difficult to find online in their entirety. Here, all 40 of the Moscow Rules are preserved. This page provides an opportunity to seminar students to elaborate upon and give examples of the rules in operation.

The Moscow Rules

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1. Assume nothing. Commentary
2. Technology will always let you down. Commentary
3. Murphy is right. Commentary
4. Never go against your gut. Commentary
5. Always listen to your gut; it is your operational antennae. Commentary
6. Everyone is potentially under opposition control. Commentary
7. Don’t look back; you are never completely alone. Use your gut. Commentary
8. Go with the flow; use the terrain. Commentary
9. Take the natural break of traffic. Commentary
10. Maintain a natural pace. Commentary
11. Establish a distinctive and dynamic profile and pattern. Commentary
12. Stay consistent over time. Commentary
13. Vary your pattern and stay within your profile. Commentary
14. Be non threatening: keep them relaxed; mesmerize! Commentary
15. Lull them into a sense of complacency. Commentary
16. Know the opposition and their terrain intimately. Commentary
17. Build in opportunity but use it sparingly. Commentary
18. Don’t harass the opposition. Commentary
19. Make sure they can anticipate your destination. Commentary
20. Pick the time and place for action. Commentary
21. Any operation can be aborted; if it feels wrong, then it is wrong. Commentary
22. Keep your options open. Commentary
23. If your gut says to act, overwhelm their senses. Commentary
24. Use misdirection, illusion, and deception. Commentary
25. Hide small operative motions in larger non threatening motions. Commentary
26. Float like a butterfly; sting like bee. Commentary
27. When free, In Obscura, immediately change direction and leave the area. Commentary
28. Break your trail and blend into the local scene. Commentary
29. Execute a surveillance detection run designed to draw them out over time. Commentary
30. Once is an accident; twice is a coincidence; three times is an enemy action. Commentary
31. Avoid static lookouts; stay away from chokepoints where they can reacquire you. Commentary
32. Select a meeting site so you can overlook the scene. Commentary
33. Keep any asset separated from you by time and distance until it is time. Commentary
34. If the asset has surveillance, then the operation has gone bad. Commentary
35. Only approach the site when you are sure it is clean. Commentary
36. After the meeting or act is done, “close the loop” at a logical cover destination. Commentary
37. Be aware of surveillance’s time tolerance so they aren’t forced to raise an alert. Commentary
38. If an alert is issued, they must pay a price and so must you. Commentary
39. Let them believe they lost you; act innocent. Commentary
40. There is no limit to a human being’s ability to rationalize the truth.Commentary