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From the page: "While many perceive spying and espionage as immoral due to the nature of deception and surrounding levels of secrecy found in its operations, moral judgments have governed intelligence related functions since before the U.S. gained its independence from England. Due to the potential loss of human life and domestic and international implications and values, morals, as defined by the public, must continue as a guiding force in planning and conducting intelligence operations."

From the page: "Policy makers, political and intelligence analysts have debated intelligence reform since its creation. Locating all intelligence responsibilities under one roof, for the purpose of better management and tighter fiscal control, has been a popular option among some. More convincing is the argument to allow various intelligence agencies autonomous operation and, rather than dissolve current organizations, create policy that will better coordinate intelligence activities and sharing of information. Intelligence responsibilities are better shared by multiple, specialized organizations who can better serve the end-user of intelligence rather than one central organization that would have difficulty managing and efficiently serving the customer."

From the page: "Nations of the world employ intelligence agencies to collect and analyze information in order to exploit the weaknesses of other nations and further each nationâ€s own objectives. Counterintelligence is utilized to combat the intelligence activities of other nations and to circumvent the exploitation of each nationâ€s secrets. Nations must maximize the funds spent on counterintelligence and devise successful means to identify, neutralize, and exploit the intelligence activities of other nations."

From the page: "Where should economic intelligence stand on our list of priorities? Good question. Right now, the nation is focused intently on combating terrorism. Putting threats into perspective is difficult. We have to look at what could happen vs. the likelihood that it will and the cost involved preventing it."