I’m not an intelligence expert, but I have watched a bunch of movies about intelligence. I find this response to be correct.
Well I AM an intelligence expert, retired but still one. Stuff like this (not you #1pal) annoys the CRAP out of me. Anyone claiming to be an intelligence expert and is giving you inside information isn't an intelligence expert.
They are PUBLIC AFFAIRS or a charlatan.
REAL intelligence experts do NOT talk about intelligence matters in public. How many times have y'all heard me qualify something that I am about to say with the statement, "I have no current access to any classified information about XYZ."?
There is no way in hell I would discuss anything classified outside of the appropriate facility and unless it was with people I KNEW were cleared & had a need-to-know. There is some stuff I don't even want to think about outside a SCIF.
SpyNavy
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)