An agent provocateur is a person assigned to provoke the awakening of a new order within a group. This assignment can be either covert or overt and predominately represents the interests of others, outside the group.
Agent provocateurs can be found in the secret intelligence services, business directorate, politics and the worlds media.
Agent provocateurs can be classified in two camps.
1. Black hat
Black hat agent provocateurs seek to undermine and crush the free will of the target. Black hat agent provocateurs will step outside ethical boundaries to get the job done. Black hat agent provocateurs will take personal risks to get the job done.
2. White hat
White hat agent provocateurs seek to uplift and redirect the free will of the target. White hat agent provocateurs will only ever work within ethical boundaries to get the job done. White hat agent provocateurs will take personal risks to get the job done.
Agent provocateurs are experts in the art of subversion.
Agent provocateurs are sponsored by government or business, usually on temporary assignment - such is the nature of the job. Their work is rarely accountable to anyone else but them.
