"In all the world, and in all time, no one has invented a way of procuring intelligence, and counter-intelligence, other than through such a network.
During his tour of duty, the man – known only as Officer A – also had sexual relations with at least two of his female targets as a way of obtaining intelligence.
The original Observer report, written by Tony Thompson, detailed how an undercover officer, known only as Officer A, who had spent four years infiltrating anti-racist groups, had also formed relationships with two of his female targets "as a way of obtaining intelligence".
The U.S. government did not find a way of pooling intelligence and using it to guide the planning and assignment of responsibilities for joint operations involving entities as disparate as the C.I.A., the F.B.I., the State Department, the military and the agencies involved in homeland security.
The Government long characterised the plan to weaken encryption as a way of ensuring that intelligence agencies could get into the communications of criminals.
Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the House Republican leader, alluded to the ruling last week on Fox News in arguing for swift passage of the surveillance legislation as a way of fixing that intelligence gap.
In essence, Minsky's "society of mind" was a way of understanding swarm intelligence as a fundamental principle of how nervous systems work.
The White House is reportedly looking at a proposal to create a ghost network of private spies in hostile countries — a way of bypassing the intelligence community's "deep state," which Donald Trump believes is a threat to his administration.
Sometimes it shows respect to speak up and voice your opinion, as a way of respecting the intelligence of others.
If that happens the French, and perhaps their allies, may wish they had done a bit more by way of intelligence, subterfuge and diplomacy before putting boots on the ground in a far-off desert land.
