MalahatTwo7
03-09-2006, 02:59 PM
I was surfing the local Canadian military web and found the Dept National Counter Intelligence Unit website. In it I found the following:
Duty and Non-Duty Travel
DND/CF members proceeding to foreign destinations either on Duty or Non-Duty travel always face a certain element of risk. The threat continuum involved in foreign travel can range from minor annoyances, such as petty crime, through increasingly serious dangers such as Byzantine currency, citizenship and social regulations, national military service, all the way to even greater threats such as terrorism or espionage. With regards to espionage, DND/CF personnel travelling outside Canada offer Foreign Intelligence Services a significant positional advantage by allowing a hostile agency to operate from the safety of friendly base, at no risk to themselves.
My question involves the statement "... serious dangers such as Byzantine currency..." I did a web search and all I got were references towards the Byzantine period (2000 plus years ago) coinage in use at the time. In no way does it make a reference that makes sense to the above. Any thoughts or ideas out there as to what this could mean, in the context given?
Duty and Non-Duty Travel
DND/CF members proceeding to foreign destinations either on Duty or Non-Duty travel always face a certain element of risk. The threat continuum involved in foreign travel can range from minor annoyances, such as petty crime, through increasingly serious dangers such as Byzantine currency, citizenship and social regulations, national military service, all the way to even greater threats such as terrorism or espionage. With regards to espionage, DND/CF personnel travelling outside Canada offer Foreign Intelligence Services a significant positional advantage by allowing a hostile agency to operate from the safety of friendly base, at no risk to themselves.
My question involves the statement "... serious dangers such as Byzantine currency..." I did a web search and all I got were references towards the Byzantine period (2000 plus years ago) coinage in use at the time. In no way does it make a reference that makes sense to the above. Any thoughts or ideas out there as to what this could mean, in the context given?