WASHINGTON - It's an adage in intelligence circles: Failures are open for all the world to see; successes stay secret forever. On Thursday, CIA Director George Tenet sought to reverse that by shedding a bit of light on what he described as major successes by intelligence agencies.
He called them spy stories.
Intelligence agencies learned the secrets of Iran and Libya's nuclear programs, Tenet said. They discovered the secret proliferation network of Pakistan's top nuclear scientist. And they gave diplomats the information they needed to confront North Korea (news - web sites) about violations of international agreements.
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