Extraordinary Powers

The weapons of secrecy have no place in an ideal world. But we live in a world of undeclared hostilities in which such weapons are constantly used against us and could, unless countered, leave us unprepared again, this time for an onslaught of magnitude that staggers the imagination. And while it may seem unnecessary to stress so obvious a point, the weapons of secrecy are rendered ineffective if we remove the secrecy.

– Sir William Stephenson, in

A Man Called Intrepid

Former KGB agent seeks employment in similar field. Tel: Paris 1-42.50.66.76.

– classified advertisement in

the International Herald Tribune,

January 1992