Douglas J. MacEachin expressed a sense of melancholy during a 1988 Senate hearing, stating that the Soviet Union's existence was deeply tied to the global political outlook. He highlighted a critical concern for analysts: "If the Soviet Union disappears, what will become of those who made their careers analyzing it?" Such major geopolitical shifts posed not only a challenge to their worldviews but also to their professional relevance, as he remarked, "There are not many homes for old wizards of Armageddon."
Even if it is unclear whether the moves will lead to charges, they are among the most significant indications that President Trump's appointees intend to follow through on his campaign to exact retribution against his perceived enemies.
CIA classifies their secrets according to different terminology. There's confidential secrets, there are secret level secrets, and then there are top secret secrets. And the way that they define each of these different levels actually has to do with the impact that would occur if the secret became public knowledge.
In a series of new Chinese-language recruitment videos, the CIA targets officials and workers, hoping to exploit their fears and ambitions to turn them into spies.