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other shortfalls in surveillance-specific field craft were
mitigated by their contingency planning and luck when
they were discovered by civilians. While the LRS teams
inserted during this campaign were not compromised,
the SF teams were compromised in nearly every case–
most by “soft” compromise when their hide sites were
discovered by civilians. The SF teams’ specific training
in operational surveillance essentially began when they
deployed t