] But despite their cloak-and-dagger reputation, several of
] the country's leading spies, past and present, aren't
] happy about the rush to make things secret. To counter
] far-reaching, stealthy terrorist cabals, the country
] needs more openness, not less, they said Wednesday at
] Geo-Intel 2003, a first-of-its-kind conference here on
] the use of satellites in war, intelligence and homeland
] security.

] Case in point: The Center for Strategic and International
] Studies, a Washington think tank, prepared a report last
] year for firefighters and other so-called "first responders"
] on how to react to a chemical weapons attack. But when
] the paper was completed, the Defense Department classified
] it, CSIS analyst Jim Lewis noted. Now, the firefighters will
] never get the benefit of that information.