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7.
 John Burgess and John Mintz, "CIA, FBI Chiefs
 13.
 Borrus, et al., p. 7.
 
 Warn Panel Over Economic Espionage," The
  
 
 Washington Post, 30 April 1992, section B., p.
 14. Ibid.
 
 13.
  
  
 15.
 Burgess and Mintz, sec. B., p. 11.
 8.
 Amy Borrus, et al., "Should the CIA Start
  
 
 Spying for Corporate America?" Business Week,
 16.
 Waller, p. 7.
 
 14 October 1992, p. 96.
  
  
 17.
 Ibid.
 9.
 Ibid.
  
  
 18.
 Burgess and Mintz, sec. B., p. 11.
10.
 Alexander Chernyak, "Agents Tout Value of
  
 
 Industrial Espionage," Pravda, 28 February
 19.
 Robert Gates, "The Future of American
 
 1992, pp. I and 3.
 
 Intelligence" (A speech to the Intelligence
   
 Community), 4 December 1991.
11.
 Douglas Waller, "The Open Barn Door,"
  
 
 Newsweek, 4 May 1992, p. 7.
 20.
 Borrus, et al., p. 96.
12.
 Ibid.
 

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