Pakistan Spy Agency's New Plan Involves Making Terrorists Join Political Parties
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Why in news
Reports indicate Pakistan's ISI is directing overground workers (OGWs) to infiltrate Indian national political parties to mask terror recruitment and fundraising.
Background
The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is allegedly using mainstream politics as camouflage for terror activities in India. Former DGP S P Vaid warned that political party membership cards could be used to shield operatives from security force scrutiny.
Facts for Prelims
- BodyISI: Pakistan's primary intelligence agency
- FactOGWs: Overground workers used by intelligence agencies to facilitate logistics and recruitment
- PlaceJammu and Kashmir: Region where ISI is allegedly directing OGWs to infiltrate political structures
For Mains
Q. Discuss the security implications of the infiltration of mainstream political structures by non-state actors and the challenges it poses to counter-terrorism surveillance.
Dimensions to cover in your answer
- Surveillance gap: Difficulty in distinguishing legitimate political activity from covert terror logistics
- Institutional vulnerability: Exploitation of democratic membership structures to bypass security screening
- Intelligence friction: Complexity in monitoring decentralized, politically-embedded terror funding networks
Keywords: asymmetric warfare · counter-terrorism · overground workers · political infiltration · national security
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