[Humor] [TSCM-L] secret agent man!!! (fwd)

[J.A. Terranson]

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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:02:53 -0700
From: A.Lizard <alizard at ecis.com>
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Subject: [TSCM-L] secret agent man!!!




>Sad state of spying
>Intelligence vets are still musing over Michael Kostiw, whose reported
>shoplifting forced his withdrawal this month as the CIA's prospective
>executive director. But what dismays the spooks most isn't the ethics or
>the propriety of the case--it's that Kostiw had served as a case officer
>for 10 years and still couldn't manage to shoplift a package of bacon
>without getting caught in a Northern Virginia market. Says one old spy:
>"It's a perfect metaphor for the sorry state of the CIA"

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/041025/whispers/25whisplead.htm

While I don't think this the place for political debate, I think the state
of US intelligence services is something of interest to everyone on the list.

I only hope this guy hasn't been training people.

A.Lizard
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