Foolish Bungling Incompetents?

[Matthew X]

FBI agents overseas 'critically important'
In an effort to attack terrorism, drug trafficking, organized crime and 
other threats at their roots, an unprecedented number of FBI agents are now 
working overseas, and FBI Director Robert Mueller says they are "critically 
important" to preventing more terrorist attacks.....( Knight Ridder, 1 Sep 02)
Terrorism's Toll on the F.B.I.
OVER the years, F.B.I. directors have shifted resources to confront the 
scourge at hand. In the 1970's, Clarence M. Kelley veered away from the 
fight against Communism and took on organized crime. A decade later, 
William H. Webster put the emphasis on counterintelligence. William S. 
Sessions ended his tumultuous tenure with a push against violent 
crime.....( New York Times, 1 Sep 02)
http://www.cicentre.com/
Bond,james Bond..."There's something from every film and it will be the 
greatest collection of original 007 objects, images and costumes ever 
assembled, exploring the science and the art of the Bond films."
--Nicola Osmond Evans, a spokesman for the Science Museum in London about 
their upcoming "Bond, James Bond Exhibition", which opens next month
Spies in the Boardroom?
...In late July CCBN.com, a Web-based communications firm that handles 
investor relations, filed suit against the Canadian information services 
giant Thomson Corp. Seeking treble damages, the suit accuses Thomson of 
using its two CCBN board seats to steal confidential information--including 
pricing data and competitive analysis--that helped it create a rival 
service, and of hiring people who had confidentiality agreements with 
CCBN....( Forbe, 1 Sep 02)
Spy Sarasota aims gadgets at counter-surveillance market Standing in a busy 
aisle at the International Security Conference Expo in Orlando, Roy 
Winkelmann is clutching a 4-ounce device he has just purchased called a 
"Zap Checker." It is a highly sensitive handheld counter-surveillance meter 
that detects wireless video or audio bugs as far away as 40 feet....( 
Herald Tribune, 1 Sep 02)
Gone and now forgotten
Never mind if a country - a member of the NATO Alliance - is now led by a 
Communist-era secret police agent.....(Budapest Sun, 30 Aug 02)
http://www.cicentre.com/
Bring back SMERSH.