confusion agent

An individual who is dispatched by the sponsor for the primary purpose of confounding the intelligence or counterintelligence apparatus of another country rather than for the purpose of collecting and transmitting information.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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