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When You’re Being Watched Back: Understanding Surveillance and Countersurveillance

Presented by: Carmen Amato
Categories: Surveillence

Surveillance becomes dangerous when someone knows they are being watched. Carmen Amato draws on firsthand intelligence experience to explain how surveillance and countersurveillance really operate in the field. This session shows writers how observation, tradecraft, and countermeasures create tension and risk, adding realism and high stakes to crime and espionage fiction.

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