Is U.S. Intelligence as Efficient as it could be? And what about Intelligence Agents ....???

Question

.....working for other foreign countries AGAINST the U.S.?

We've inteligence agents all over the world (is that right?) But I'm curious about something because I never hear anything about it.Am I right in assuming that other foreign countries (especially NOW more than ever before) also have 'intelligence agents" working here in the United States. And how do we identify, and keep track of them, if at all.

Answer 1

You're right, these spy games go on all the time. A week ago they found coins with radio transmitters in them planted on US personnel. Also, a few years ago one of our spy planes was caught over China, a Chinese airman crashed into it and it caused a stirrup for a while.

I'm sure there's lots of foreign spies in the US, and we don't always catch them. They found a spy in the White House a few years ago also. They don't always catch our spies either...

Answer 2

yes we have agents in other countries and yes they have them here. i think most are identified seeing as it is a very small 'community' and only a very small percentage want to do it and even fewer are qualified. some we(and others) keep track of some we (and others) have no idea exist. the thing is the government can only do so much to protect us, especially since they have the media and others fighting against them, the ppl have to take responsibility too and report any suspicious behavior and understand just like the police the government can only do so much. most ppl don't realize that the intelligence community fields thousands of calls everyday and has to weed through every one to see whats just a person who is venting or if the threats are real, now add thousands of internet hits, phone calls etc. to that that has to be monitored, assessed and determined if a real or fake threat and you can see just how overwhelming the amount of info can be. the fact that so many threats are found and dealt with that we never hear about is incredible and we ought to be very thankful that our government is working so hard to protect us.

Answer 3

DECEMBER 12-15, 2001: NEWS REPORTS RAISES ISRAELI SPYING QUESTIONS
Fox News reports, “Investigators within the DEA, INS, and FBI have all told Fox News that to pursue or even suggest Israeli spying ... is considered career suicide.” “A highly placed investigator says there are ‘tie-ins’ between the spy ring and 9/11. However, when asked for details, he flatly refuses to describe them, saying, ‘evidence linking these Israelis to 9/11 is classified. I cannot tell you about evidence that has been gathered. It’s classified information.’” The report also reveals that Amdocs, an Israeli company, is recording virtually every phone call in the US and could be passing information on to the Israeli government (similar claims were first raised in 2000 [Insight, 5/29/2000] ). Fox News suggests that the position of this company might impede the 9/11 investigation.
http://www.fpp.co.uk/online/01/12/Israelis/spies1.html

DECEMBER 16, 2001: FOX NEWS REMOVES CONTROVERSIAL STORY FROM WEBSITE, BUT STORY NONTHELESS MAKES AN IMPACT
Fox News removes its series on the “art student spy ring” from its website after only two days, in response to pressure from The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) and others. CAMERA suggests the reporter “has something, personally, about Israel. ... Maybe he’s very sympathetic to the Arab side.” [Salon, 5/7/2002] The head of the ADL calls the report “sinister dangerous innuendo which fuels anti-Semitism.” [Forward, 12/21/2001] Yet there does not appear to be any substance to these personal attacks (and Forward later reverses its stance on the spy ring (see March 15, 2002)). Fox News also never makes a formal repudiation or correction about the series. The contents of the series continues to be generally ignored by the mainstream media, but it makes a big impact inside the US government: An internal DEA communiqué from December 18 mentions the Fox report by name, and warns of security breaches in telecommunications as described in the Fox report. [Salon, 5/7/2002]

Fox News report on Israeli spies in the US
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fAoe26MaTew

Answer 4

Every government has an intelligence agency of some kind and, yes, they have agents here. How do we identify them? If they don't slip up, then our only option is to have our agents infiltrate their agency (turn about is fair play) to get their names.

Answer 5

well the FBI would be in charge of tracking foreign agents inside the US, I think our agencies do ok with what they have could they be more efficient probably but all in all I think our intelligence is as good as any of the others.

Answer 6

We are on a learning curve. I knew we had problems with the international communities when I visited foreign countries and we were thought of as bullies.

Answer 7

Absolutely not!