The era of English history from Queen Elizabeth I to Charles II is significant to the history of intelligence as it paved the way for intelligence today strategies today. Intelligence in this era of English history was some of the earliest forms.
During Queen Elizabeth’s reign, she had Sir Francis Walsingham, in charge of intelligence. He is considered by some to be England’s first spymaster. With his help, Queen Elizabeth I imprisoned her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, and kept her under constant surveillance for almost twenty years. Walsingham’s techniques for spreading disinformation, exploiting double agents, and deciphering code were innovative and remain part of intelligence practices today.
Furthermore, in Queen Elizabeth’s era we can learn from the situation I believe Dr. Burke called “The Honest Man”. This was regarding Mary’s correspondence abroad. Her correspondence went from a French ambassador by diplomatic bag, then to Gifford, followed by Walsingham, Phelippes, Paulet, Gifford, a brewer, …show more content…
A specific lesson that can be applied from this modern era is ““as the ruler mistrusts his neighbor in international politics so he should also mistrust his own people”. This is applicable to the modern era suggesting that everyone and anyone should be under suspicion. Even our own people may be potential enemies or sources of conflict. Additionally under Charles II, John Wildman and Henry Bishop took intelligence to another level and began intercepting the general post office mail in two main ways, either by making specific interception or by a more general rifling of the post. This form of intelligence forced conspirators to use alternative and naturally more insecure routes of communication. A person can learn from this is that as intelligence intercepts more and more communication it opens more opportunities for mistakes and possibly more
During Queen Elizabeth’s reign, she had Sir Francis Walsingham, in charge of intelligence. He is considered by some to be England’s first spymaster. With his help, Queen Elizabeth I imprisoned her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, and kept her under constant surveillance for almost twenty years. Walsingham’s techniques for spreading disinformation, exploiting double agents, and deciphering code were innovative and remain part of intelligence practices today.
Furthermore, in Queen Elizabeth’s era we can learn from the situation I believe Dr. Burke called “The Honest Man”. This was regarding Mary’s correspondence abroad. Her correspondence went from a French ambassador by diplomatic bag, then to Gifford, followed by Walsingham, Phelippes, Paulet, Gifford, a brewer, …show more content…
A specific lesson that can be applied from this modern era is ““as the ruler mistrusts his neighbor in international politics so he should also mistrust his own people”. This is applicable to the modern era suggesting that everyone and anyone should be under suspicion. Even our own people may be potential enemies or sources of conflict. Additionally under Charles II, John Wildman and Henry Bishop took intelligence to another level and began intercepting the general post office mail in two main ways, either by making specific interception or by a more general rifling of the post. This form of intelligence forced conspirators to use alternative and naturally more insecure routes of communication. A person can learn from this is that as intelligence intercepts more and more communication it opens more opportunities for mistakes and possibly more