Responding to msg by danisch@ira.uka.de (Hadmut Danisch) on Wed, 30 Aug 2:46 PM
It was said that Pres. Clinton had given a speech while visiting the CIA HQ in Langley/Virginia. He allegedly said in this speech that obtaining industrial informations has the highest priority and this were the new task for the spies.
Can anyone confirm the quotation?
Hadmut, This is excerpted from: http://www.awpi.com/IntelWeb/IWR/Updates/2/181.html ---------- IWR Daily Update Vol. 2, No. 181 JULY 24, 1995 _________________________________________________________________ UNITED STATES - CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) President Clinton has ordered the CIA to make economic espionage against our trade rivals a top priority. [sources: Los Angeles Times- Washington, by James Risen, 7/23/95; Kyodo - Los Angeles, 7/23/95]