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This page was proposed for deletion December 2004. The archived discussion is available at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Agent Handling. Joyous 22:17, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)

The "Resident" is analagous to a CIA "Station Chief", i.e. head of the Rezidentura, or Residency (Station in CIA parlance). Soviets use ordinary "Case Officers" as all organizaitons do worldwide. Nobs01 04:34, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'm going to fix some of the sentence fragments, but I think this page should be renamed. It's mostly about espionage in general, not "agent handling" in particular.66.203.191.204 04:14, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Please note: As this page defines, espionage and counter espionage are two entirely separate fields. This page can be regarded in some degree as a disambiguation page between the two, which needs to be done somewhere within the larger encyclopedia. Nobs01 14:43, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

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While espionage organizations and counter espionage organizations use different terminology, as well as espionage organizations and counter espionage from different nations use different terminology, some terminology is common to all. One aim in this article is to separate the language between various national organizations and various specialties, and most particularly to identify what organization or national entity uses what specific terminology; and also, to explain similarities in meaning based upon the various idioms from which they are drawn. Hence, the "dogs breakfast", I assume, from which you speak. "Agent handling", in one form or another, is common to all subjects of this article. A more apt tile may eventually become Universal glossary of espionage and counterespionage terminology. Nobs01 15:28, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

I'm going to make some cuts, based on a lack of focus here even after some months. Charles Matthews 16:45, 11 November 2005 (UTC)