] 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. Wired News: Spies Attack White House Secrecy |