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Deception Story
The cornerstone of any deception operation is the deception story. The deception story is a scenario that outlines the friendly actions that will be portrayed to cause the deception target to adopt the desired perception.
a. An exact understanding of the perceptions and observables required for the deception provides a concrete basis for crafting the deception story. The deception story weaves these elements together into a coherent depiction of the situation the target will reconstruct from the information provided. Ideally, the deception planner wants the deception story to be the exact mental picture of the target forms as the deception unfolds. The deception story should read like the adversary’s own intelligence estimate. The deception story is, in effect, the
equivalent of a completed puzzle. As such, it serves as a means of checking the logic and consistency of the internal elements of the deception. This allows the deception planner to identify desired perceptions, observables, and executions that may need refinement, and to
add supporting observables as needed to strengthen certain elements of the deception story or diminish the impact of troublesome competing observables. Each element of the deception story should have associated deception means that can credibly portray the data, plus identified conduits that transfer this information into the enemy’s information processing system.
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