'The KGB knew how to exploit human weakness, but do we know our own weaknesses?' Photo: by Craig Whitehead on Unsplash
The secret’s out: Tony D’Souza on espionage and human weakness
‘The KGB knew how to exploit human weakness.’
by Tony D’Souza
15th September 2023
How do you recruit a spy? According to the former Soviet security service, the KGB, the best way is to appeal to their human weaknesses. It used the acronym MICE: M for money, I for Ideology, C for Compromise, and E for Ego. It turns out to be a very useful index of human weakness.
