I know I should have already finished, but there is one last thing that I wanted to add and then I'm done with preambles... the major hindrance in tackling the world of secret services is the secrecy itself... and to better explain it I added a quote taken from the Introduction of
The Code Book by
Simon Singh, that it's actually referring to cryptography but I think that can also be extended to the secret services in general:
" The science of secrecy is largely a secret science. Many of the heroes in this book never gained recognition for their work during their lifetimes because their contribution could not be publicly acknowledged while their invention was still of diplomatic or military value. This culture of secrecy continues today, and organizations such as the U.S. National Security Agency still conduct classified research into cryptography. It is clear that there is a great deal more going on of which neither I nor any other science writer is aware"
[
The Code Book,
Simon Singh]
With these words I don't mean to absolve my self from my duty...I'm just trying to explain why many information, that I'm going to publish, will not cover the most advanced tools now disposable or why they will not be completely exhaustive.
P.S. I read the entire book two years ago and I found it so interesting that I based my final high school exam thesis on some of its chapters... so I highly recommend it to anyone, also because it deals with a topic that is growing strongly in importance nowadays.
