On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Jay Smith wrote:

:| To Our Canadian Friends:
:|
:| Please do not think that Mr. Burchard's sentiments speak for all of us
:| "yanks."  You have to realize that time spent trapped behind the Beltway
:| really does have a tremendous effect on one's perceptions.  After all,
:| intelligence gathering in the states is questionable at best--maybe the
:| Smithsonian ought to fire up its double-secret surveillance apparatus.
:|
:| Just a thought.

Jay, the problem isn't with intelligence gathering, so much, as the
unfortunate dearth of intellignece re-seeding.  This leaves a
dreadful lack of intelligence in places where it was once quite
abundant. :)

Rich Johnson