I suppose you can't tell me what you were doing in the South Australian desert, as that would be "classified".
*Shrugs* Like I care. My father once held quite a high security clearance during the Vietnam War, when he was carrying out covert surveillance for the US. He's still viewed with respect by ASIO (sort of like your CIA)...
See my homepage. Woomera allumni, 1982-84. Loved it! Great, beautiful country with wonderful people. Wish they put this base closer to people, though. How far is Tindal (by the way, the USAF has a major base called Tyndall AFB, in Panama City, Florida) from Darwin?
Actually, ASIO has more in common with the FBI than the CIA (ASIO has a domestic focus) but without the law enforcement aspect (that's why you see the Federal Police with ASIO when they do raids). It's ASIS that is the rough equivalent of the CIA. DIO/DSD equates to the NSA.
It's not worth busting a blood vessel over people flapping their lips without thinking first.
Besides, my new section boss is a Marine AND a Texan AND he loves it here.
As an Aussie gun owner though, I gotta say our dumb-ass gun laws need to go.