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...They are important materials," Cheng said. He noted, however, that many are still available on microfilm...
Remember the tools of the Cold War-era spy - microfilm, paper files stamped "Top Secret" and "dead drops" in tree stumps? Well, the people charged with protecting U.S. intelligence probably wish those good old days were still here in the wake of the latest revelations about a missing laptop computer belonging to the State Department. The machine is said to have contained highly sensitive files, including intelligence sources and information about weapons proliferation. Though it is still unclear whether the laptop in question was stolen or lost, the case has drawn attention to the plight of government secrets...
...looking for a few good geeks--about 300 this year alone: computer scientists, electrical engineers and biochemists who may know nothing about using a handgun or microfilm but are equipped to tackle today's big intelligence-gathering challenges. These include not just analysis of scientific data intercepted abroad or detection of biological and chemical weapons, but also running techno-spies as field-deployed case officers. Says CIA recruiter Gilbert Medeiros: "We're looking for more of those with a technical background so they can talk technical out in the intelligence-collection world." The CIA, which once recruited at 190 colleges...
...employees--whose work involves everything from transferring rare documents to microfilm to ordering and cataloguing recent materials--fear that moving off-campus will hurt the quality of their work and negatively impact the students and faculty they serve...
...project's goals is to make the microfilm collection as widely available to scholars as possible. Accordingly, Hoover and Rosarkhiv agreed to publish the collection by offering it for sale. Hoover's $3 million investment to create the collection has thus made it possible for libraries around the world, including the Lamont Library at Harvard, to gain access to an valuable scholarly resource at a very reasonable cost. As a result of its purchase, Harvard has acquired an archival collection that will serve its students and scholars well for many years to come...