02-24-2003, 03:18 PM
To get really juicy info from a foe, it often requires an inside job. Some facts, when known, are easily traceable to a source. Thus, in our country and in most NATO countries, the classification category of "sensitive sources" is one that is aimed at saving the life of the source. The human being who is putting his nuts on the block to get the info out.
Secretary Powell knows good and well that if you lose a source, as in that person dies, then the juicy info you need simply evaporates. There was a guy named Agee, back in the 1970's, who wrote a CIA tell all book. According to my friends in the intelligence community, that got a few dozen people killed.
The espionage game is deadly serious business for those who uncover that which folks want to keep hidden. Deadly serious.
Secretary Powell knows good and well that if you lose a source, as in that person dies, then the juicy info you need simply evaporates. There was a guy named Agee, back in the 1970's, who wrote a CIA tell all book. According to my friends in the intelligence community, that got a few dozen people killed.
The espionage game is deadly serious business for those who uncover that which folks want to keep hidden. Deadly serious.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete