School of intelligence

School of intelligence

Two schools of intelligence will be established in Indonesia.
Teachers and instructors reportedly will come from the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Russian KGB.

One intelligence agent in the right spot is as good as 20,000
soldiers on the battlefield, said Napoleon Bonaparte. We do not
know if President Megawati Soekarnoputri was aware of Napoleon's
statement when she officiated over the establishment of the
schools in Batam.

The opening of the schools of intelligence should be
applauded, as the renowned University of Indonesian and Bandung
Institute of Technology support the schools.

It is interesting to note statements by the deputy head of the
State Intelligence Body, As'at, who said instructors and teachers
would come from the CIA and the KGB. We query the reputation of
both the CIA and the KGB, as we learn that the CIA has made
several blunders, including its information on Iraq's weapons of
mass destruction, and the fact that the KGB's reputation in the
international world is not very good.

Strategic intelligence synthesizes information, especially
related to politics, the economy, technology, military and
geography. It can then be expected that the two schools will
produce qualified intelligence agents with a great deal of
integrity.

-- Koran Tempo, Jakarta