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A fabricator is an intelligence agent or officer that generates disinformation, falsehoods or bogus information, often without access to authentic resources.〔Department of Defense, ''Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms'', (), January 31, 2011〕 Fabricators often provide forged documents in order to substantiate their falsehoods.〔Dr. Robert L. Managhan, ''Trends in African Forgeries'', (), CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence〕 It is normal intelligence practice to place identified fabricators on a black list or to issue a burn notice on them and to recall intelligence sourced from them.〔Defense Intelligence Agency, ''Terms & Definitions of Interest for DoD Counterintelligence Professionals'', (), May 2, 2011〕〔Dapartment of Defense, ''Instruction Number S-5200.42 Defense Human Intelligence'', paragrah 4.i., (), December 8, 2009〕 A fabricator is often cited as a reliable source behind black propaganda or atrocity propaganda involving disinformation or information that has not been properly vetted but suits the agenda of the disseminating organization. Multiple fabricators are usually used to justify a Big Lie. The process of vetting to weed out fabricators and double agents is also referred to as ''source validation''.〔''The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction'', Chapter 7, p. 372, (), March 31, 2005〕 Recent examples of this include the case of the Niger uranium forgeries〔Sidney Blumenthal, ''Weapons of mass dissembling'', (), Salon, Feb 5 2004〕 and the mobile weapons laboratory in Iraq.〔Joby Warrick, ''Warnings on WMD "Fabricator" Were Ignored, Ex-CIA Aide Says'', (), Washington Post, June 25, 2006〕 There are numerous cases in which it is alleged that the Soviet Union and its satellite states employed fabricators to pass disinformation to discredit activist emigres in the United States.〔Judy Feigin, ''Striving for Accountability in the Aftermath of the Holocaust'', (), U.S. Justice Department, Office of Special Investigations, December 2008〕 ==Motivations of fabricators== Fabricators can be motivated by several factors: * ''Fanaticism'' or ''ideology'' is often cited as the key reason behind fabricator activity. When fanaticism is involved or ideology becomes stronger than morals, fabrication may then be seen as a reasonable means to an end. In these cases the fabricator invents the fake intelligence so as to help bring about a specific outcome to a situation.〔〔Paul Woodward, ''‘Fabricated’ Israeli threats provoke escalation in threats from Iran'', (), August 18, 2012〕 * ''Mental illness'', such as ''Confabulation'', often combined with ''alcoholism'', causes some individuals to fabricate intelligence, most often done as part of a fantasy of being a secret agent or to gain official attention.〔Arnold M. Silver, ''Questions, Questions, Questions'', (), CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence, May 17, 2005〕〔David R. McLean, ''Cranks, Nuts and Screwballs'', (), CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence, September 23, 2003〕 * ''Money'' is a strong incentive for some fabricators. Often a once reliable intelligence source agent will become a fabricator due to financial problems or greed. When the agent no longer has valid intelligence to sell to the conducting intelligence officer, he/she may decide to sell fabricated intelligence in order to satisfy their need or greed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fabricator (intelligence)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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