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“I think that Russian aggression has been unabated even in the post-Cold War It is escalating It’s a serious and continuing problem. Recent espionage cases involving Russia, South Korea and China are just the tip of a large and dangerous intelligence iceberg.”The area of responsibility for spies has also changed markedly since the end of the Cold War. International crime and terrorism, money-laundering and nuclear proliferation occupy the time of agencies far more than mere military and intelligence data acquisition.However, a far more serious threat than the traditional espionage activities is the sudden rise in economic espionage by foreign governments. The CIA director, George J Tenet, outlined five key challenges facing the intelligence communities to the US Senate select sub-committee on Intelligence.

“A number of countries pose various levels of threat to US Information. Some are traditional adversaries, while others are long-time allies of the United States, or have traditionally been neutral,” the report stated.Louis Freeh, the director of the FBI, has told the United States Senate that at least 23 foreign intelligence services were actively targeting the United States. But what many observers believe is that the cuts have led to bungling – as witnessed by recent events.The end of the Cold War has also led to a change in modus operandi as well. With the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the situation has become so confused that reliable intelligence information is only possible by getting people on the ground to report back, rather than using satellites or other forms of technology The countries involved in espionage have also changed. A recently released document by the United States National Counter Intelligence Centre reveals that, overall, activities have increased.

Those holding the purse-strings clearly did see a valid reason for cutting funds, although the cuts have not been limited to the extent one might have thought possible. Thank you.”(In fact, the quality of the candidates was, to a large extent, not high enough to justify the man-hours involved in wading through the applications).Despite the recruitment drive, British intelligence, like the secret services of many other western countries, has suffered from budget constraints following the end of the Cold War Its funds are dispersed between MI5, MI6, and GCHQ. We have taken over MI5 because they are not secret any more and they are a crap organisation All the details left will be forwarded to the KGB. Last year MI5 held a very public recruitment drive, with advertisements for staff placed in the national press for the first time It led to thousands of applications to a phone line. Phone Hackers, or “phreakers” broke into the line with a new message indicating the demise of MI5 “Hello, my name is Colonel Botch I am calling on behalf of the KGB.