Comment by mikkupikku
9 hours ago
You've got that backward. Intelligence Agents are employed by intelligence agencies. Intelligence Assets aren't.
9 hours ago
You've got that backward. Intelligence Agents are employed by intelligence agencies. Intelligence Assets aren't.
I think you're confusing "agent" and "officer".
An agent is specifically some third party acting on your behalf. It's the same when we speak of real estate agents.
Wiktionary says, regarding 'agent':
> Someone who works for an intelligence agency: whether an officer or employee thereof or anyone else who agrees to help their efforts (for ideology, for money, as blackmailee, or otherwise).
That said, I also asked ChatGPT and it says you're right.