FYI: One of Michel Collins’ successful tactics was to destroy the British human intelligence (HUMINT) network in Ireland. Collins knew that Britain maintained control of Ireland, as well as its other colonies, through networks of spies and informers. The informers enabled the British to uncover plots against the Crown and to identify and arrest conspirators quickly. It also deterred support for rebellions since rebel conspirators always seemed unable to escape detection and arrest by the forces of the Crown. Collins knew that if he blinded this HUMINT network by detecting and then either eliminating or spoofing the spies and informers, the British would become frustrated in their efforts to find and arrest the Irish insurgents and thus would retaliate by becoming more heavy-handed and brutal toward the Irish people. This would further alienate the Irish people and create greater sentiment supporting Irish independence among them, and thus greater public support for the rebellion. The insurgency made Ireland ungovernable for the British. It turned the colony into a money pit for the Britain, at a time when Britain was already deeply in arrears because of World War I. So eventually the British were forced to the peace table.
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