Far From Familiar Faces: Romanian Human Intelligence Teams

U.S., Australian and Romanian members of Regional Command-South’s Combined Joint Intelligence Section on July 18, 2014.DoD photo by Spc. Ariel Solomon

Commentary

“I know that I will be called upon to perform tasks in isolation, far from familiar faces and voices.” (The Special Forces Creed)

July 2004:  Romanian Ministry of Defense, Bucharest, Romania

“We have a national treasure—our HUMINT teams,” said the Romanian chief of military intelligence as we sipped plum brandy with him in his office.