Intelligence that came in over the transom was always considered less trustworthy than the intelligence gathered formally, so Berlin pressed its agents in Ankara for more details.
And this would include a newly-independent Scotland which would need several years before it had proved itself as a trustworthy recipient of intelligence.
Often, we decide if someone is trustworthy based on obscure reasons: intelligence level, mood and attractiveness.
The argument, insofar as he and others have articulated it, seems to be that terrorists are becoming more cautious and more interested in encryption — something that was already true — and that Americans regard their own intelligence agencies as less trustworthy.
Nonetheless, the most trustworthy of these accounts, when combined with more traditional intelligence sources, permitted a best guess of what might be happening in North Korea.
It is sometimes unclear whether a particular incident report is based on firsthand observation, on the account of an intelligence source regarded as reliable, on less trustworthy sources or on speculation by the writer.
Trustworthy photographs play an important role in many applications such as news reporting, intelligence information gathering, criminal investigation, security surveillance, as well as health care.
This week a group of 52 experts appointed by the European Commission published extensive Ethics Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence (AI), which seek to promote the development of "Trustworthy AI" (full disclosure: I am one of the 52 experts).
"It ought to reset our rosy view of Russia and remind us that Russia is not a trustworthy ally," Senator Christopher S. Bond of Missouri, the ranking Republican on the Senate intelligence committee, said in an interview.
