They have been quick to tell us how many lives the use of agents saved, but not so quick on how many lives those agents have cost".
In such cases the use of agents is inescapable.
"Therefore, the use of agents in the recruiting process would violate our rules".
It attributed the use of agents to the high level of dishonest behavior.
In both cases, there were complaints from lawyers about Mahmood's investigative methodology, which included the use of agents provocateur.
Last year, an independent commission on terrorism recommended that the C.I.A. lift its guidelines on the use of agents who had committed human rights violations.
It is only because the use of agents is so ingrained in hockey culture that the N.C.A.A. has chosen to look the other way.
The study suggested that the use of agents, accounting for 16 percent of foreign students, was not as widespread as previously thought.
The House also passed today an intelligence measure that would increase spending by 8percentt -- higher than the 7percentt sought by President Bush -- and puts renewed emphasis on the use of agents to gather intelligence.
The New York State and City pension funds now forbid the use of agents who connect officials with investment firms, though the practice continues in other parts of the country.
The scientists and engineers who gathered this week in Oxford for the first International Workshop on Complex Agent-Based Dynamic Networks are seeking to explain much of the world's behaviour through the use of "agents".
