I love how anytime people talk about the CIA NSA OSS SF SOCOM USPS or UPS, it is always in hushed terms, as if just speaking about it is somehow spooky. LOL

I was in the Army, was issued an A2. I did some computer stuff. We heard about the CIA. Didn't much care what the CIA did. Do they do anything? Do they really exist?

I think there are more movies about the CIA than there are employees of the CIA.

The comment about using computers more than pistols is so true for any intelligence work. I spent more time building databases, than I did anything else. I even went a whole year and never even checked my weapon out of the armory. We got a by on qualification using that silly simulator.

Intelligence gathering is not glamorous, but it is essential.