“He then left the discussion to mount a one-man protest at the Japanese embassy,” Mr. Halpin said. “Very odd behavior for an undercover.”

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• understanding their environment, resources, threats and opportunities,
• anticipating situations and having the knowledge, capabilities, decision making processes and leadership structures to manage those situations, by
• actively engaging with their environment to gather information that can be processed into actionable intelligence, that can be translated into effective operations, and
• continually learning and improving their processes through the application of useful metrics to ensure capabilities are sustained.