From:	Andrew K <nietzche_2k@*****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Intel-gent
Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 1998 06:49:17 -0700

>The most glamorous field of Intelligence gathering >is HUMINT, or
human intelligence. This type involves >field agents and such. Some of
this (if I'm right) is >type is getting whatever (newspapers,
tridcasts, radio
>talk, man-on-the-street) information is readily >available. This
might suit a 'runners needs, but most >likely he's going to need
something deeper. Most >anyone will tell you that field agent activity
is >risky, and unless you're sure of pay off don't do it.

Well. I think it bears mentioning that the CIA (and I would imagine
every other agency) employs far more eggheads than they do Bond types.
This is because they need to be able to analyze any information they
get ten ways from Sunday, and let's face it:if you've spent your
career learning to sneak around and kill people, you won't know any
more than about a tenth of what everything you find means. There
should definitely be a mention in any intel book that most of the
intel community spends their days reading newspapers, books, looking
at satellite maps, and in some cases doing various types of scientific
analysis.


==
Andrew K.

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