For something that's supposed to be secret, there is a lot of intelligence history. Every time I read one book, two more are published.
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The dirty little secret of the intelligence world is that much of what you really need to know isn't exactly a secret anyway.
If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!
I think books should have secrets, like people do.
While I've worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences.
Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It's great. The problem is there's a million dots at the time.
By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal.
I've always looked upon research as an opportunity to satisfy my curiosity. But the other side of the coin is one must not be so caught up in it that one never gets the book written.
There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.
Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.
For a highly motivated learner, it's not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you're a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good.
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