Well, I was in M.I. for a while, long ago. "Asset" was a term used by case officers for the people they ran, while "source" was the term we used in HumInt for people we debriefed.
Bringing in an asset meant exfiltration. But it could all be a LARP anyway.
"..and bring in asset now", sounds like someone who gets all their info on how the CIA works from Hollywood
Well, I was in M.I. for a while, long ago. "Asset" was a term used by case officers for the people they ran, while "source" was the term we used in HumInt for people we debriefed.
Bringing in an asset meant exfiltration. But it could all be a LARP anyway.