1.   As far as Marenches was concerned, the most important thing for a Western intelligence agency was to stop the spread of Communism.

2.   But disasters like Blake and the Berlin tunnel do immense damage to the morale of intelligence agencies.

3.   But how useful would such a right be anyway, if an intelligence agency can drive a coach and horses through it?

4.   Every intelligence agency believes that their defector is the best.

5.   For the intelligence agencies a dilemma emerges.

6.   High-powered investigations of intelligence agencies in the wake of Watergate had revealed much evidence of illicit and unconstitutional behaviour.

7.   Operating in secrecy, intelligence agencies are often seen as mysterious and unaccountable for their actions.

8.   Security services and intelligence agencies should be accountable to a committee of senior Privy Councillors.

9.   Since the cold war ended, many state intelligence agencies have struggled to justify their existence.

10.   Their intelligence agency, the Kempeitai, put out feelers to nationalists like Ngo Dinh Diem.