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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,9353818%255E421,0 0.html Ex-spooks quit to return as consultants By Luke McIlveen and Fleur Anderson 22apr04TOP spies trained to root out terrorists are leaving the intelligence services to become highly paid consultants. One Canberra-based company, Executive Investigations, is staffed by former ASIO operatives and specialises in selling Get Smart-style gadgets such as watches and briefcases fitted with tiny cameras. The ex-spooks are paid a minimum of $50 an hour by government agencies to do background checks and surveillance. A spokeswoman for the company refused to comment on its operations. Another private contractor, the Australian Security Vetting Service, carries out background checks for several government agencies. The Herald Sun believes the company has been allowed access to information on individuals by the Australian Federal Police, the Department of Immigration and ASIO. A spokesman for Attorney-General Philip Ruddock confirmed that vetting of potential employees was often outsourced to former intelligence operatives. Intelligence agencies, including ASIO and the Defence Intelligence Organisation, have come under intense pressure following allegations that they were incompetent and easily influenced by politicians. After Prime Minister John Howard rejected claims that there was friction between some agencies, federal police commissioner Mick Keelty yesterday admitted some tension between the AFP and ASIO was inevitable. "To be frank, when any two agencies, or even sometimes within the one agency, you'll get tension from time to time when you get parts of the organisation working closely together," he said. ASIO was slashed from 900 spies to about 600 in the 1990s after the end of the Cold War. But faced with drastic staff shortages, the intelligence outfit is now advertising for 150 general intelligence officers. The Opposition said yesterday staffing shortages were contributing to intelligence failures. "Reports that our intelligence agencies are losing highly trained agents to the private sector is very concerning and Labor will be pursuing the Government on this matter," homeland security spokesman Robert McClelland said last night. Former ONA analyst Dr Carl Ungerer, now a lecturer in international relations at the University of Queensland, said intelligence agencies increasingly hired private investigators. "It's not high intelligence, because you have to be on the inside for that, but they do use private investigators for minor surveillance," Dr Ungerer said. Deakin University information warfare expert Professor Matt Warren said outsourcing was rife throughout the intelligence community. "It's the current security trend because it makes more business sense," he said. 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