If you ask how many intelligence-gathering people are doing similar things in Mike's vast empire, the answer would be tiny.
The reduction will primarily affect Russian nationals who work in the those facilities as translators, drivers, and support staff; it is not yet clear how many U.S. intelligence officers will be asked to leave Russia.
Caroline Lucas, the Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, asked the Foreign Secretary on how many occasions UK intelligence agencies discussed the report with US officials and whether the Foreign Secretary was consulted over which redactions to request from the report.
And how much good intelligence — how many good sources — do we give up by becoming known as torturers?
There's a tug of war between Obama and Congress over exactly how many people on the intelligence committees are supposed to be briefed by the CIA, over what exactly the CIA has been hiding for the past eight years, over whether to end the ban on federally-financed needle exchange, and over a foreign aid "signing statement" which Obama tried to sneak by everyone.
The announcement of the arrests appeared to be aimed in part at quelling criticism of the intelligence service, the National Directorate of Security, and at reminding the public of how many attacks are prevented by intelligence agents.
Q. Are you concerned that if you go to the Arab League summit in Beirut, the Israelis will not allow you back? A. Ask their intelligence service, how many times they were searching about me in the past.
It instructed every field office across the country to provide intelligence on how many local black activists planned to converge on Washington, and whether they had any affiliation with communist organisations.
How many positions are available in the intelligence and security industries is not known, but clearly there are openings.
Senator Ron Wyden (Democrat, Oregon) introduced an amendment to require estimates from intelligence agencies of how many Americans were being surveilled.
