Re: Liberals are all of our problems

From: llucky@crl4.crl.com (Bob Thomson)

Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Steve Pritchard <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>I'm a UK citizen, so I'm probably off-base here but I recently read
>that the CIA and FBI take up over $50Billion dollars a year to run. I
>was pretty sure that should have read MILLION not BILLION, and on
>this premise i guess I must be right?
>
I'm sure Billion is closer than Million.  The CIA tries to keep track
of everything outside the US that might affect US interests: hundreds
of countries, terrorist groups, paramilitary organizations, etc., etc.
A lot of what they do these days is database analysis, looking for
unusual patterns, etc.  An impossible job, as witness the bombings
in Kenya and Tanzania - embassies that were not considered high-risk.
The FBI has similar broad responsiblities inside the US.

- Bob Thomson

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References

Re: PBMR-Grandel Aritcle
paul@black-sun.removeme.demon.co.uk (Paul Walker)
Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBMR-Grandel Aritcle
llucky@crl2.crl.com (Bob Thomson)
Wed, 05 Aug 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Liberals are all of our problems
Michael Johnson <dragon-1@pacbell.net>
Fri, 07 Aug 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Liberals are all of our problems
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Fri, 07 Aug 1998 00:00:00 +0000