European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                New path in Cia s quest for immortality Charles Osgood Tribune Media service .1 on crying to a civilian Economy is m easier for some parts of the cold War apparatus than for others. If you build tanks and armoured person Nel carriers you could probably just As Well build trucks and buses. But what if your specially has been cold War intelligence what then intelligence is some thing we could All use any time. But the word As applied to wars hot and cold is a euphemism for spying. Is there some Way the Fine Art of spying could be converted to peaceful purposes you bet Haven t you card of Industrial espionage both the Central intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency arc said to be Refo Cusing their operations to look at such issues As International economic competitiveness. By All accounts both the Cia and . Scrambling to justify their existence Oral least their budgets. In some ways this is Par for the course. It is traditional in Washington for All government agencies to put in for More Money each year than they spent the year before. It is also traditional for no Agency to Ever spend a Penny less than the amount that was budgeted. If the outside world notices your obsolescence you Are supposed to come up with other missions other ways in which at least the same amount of Money can be spent. So maybe it s not quite so vital anymore that we intercept and if necessary decode every conversation Between ground controllers and soviet aircraft anywhere in the world. We have eco nomic opposition Don t we would t we like to know what they re thinking what their plans Are the Cia would become the corporate intelligence Agency. The Asa could be come the no secrets Agency. These intelligence services would put Ameri can business at a competitive advantage one would think. Perpetuating itself is the number one priority of any government Agency anywhere in the world. It is much easier to Start a governmental activity than to Stop it. That is Why it has been said of government agencies that of All the institutions of mortal Man. They Are the closest we come to immortality. No kidding Billy the kid s 21 victims indians 5 lawmen4 gunfighters3 card dealers 3 cowboys-3 Blacksmith 1 rancher 1 Indian agent 1 Billy was killed at age 21 source blood tetters and madmen the 10 most intelligent animals in order Chimpanzee Gorilla orangutan Gibbon Monkey dog cat elephant pig horse dogs Are judged smarter than cats because they show concern for their masters source How smart Are animals How they changed it from Esso to Exxon time required 7 years 1967-73 names considered 10,000 signs and logos changed 65,000 locations Cost $100 million primary criteria was a Short word with no meaning source worm features Syndicate pm raid Oclit Thoyd Cho Otys so the supreme court i sunday