Visible Trace Misdirection is a tradecraft forensic countermeasure used in covert ops to plant deliberate, traceable evidence (seeding) that misleads investigators, surveillance teams, or opposing intelligence units.![]()
// This works when the false truth satisfies the need for closure. Give them that, and they’ll walk away confident they caught you, without ever seeing your face.
[INTEL : The ‘Forensic Awareness’ Directive]
[OPTICS : Operative Planting a “Trace”

