If we cannot share aspects of our secret work with the public, we should do so with their elected representatives. For CIA oversight is a vital link to the open society we defend. It's a DEFINING feature of the U.S. intelligence COMMUNITY and one of the MANY things that distinguishes us from the hostile services we FACE in the field.

I FINALLY KNOW what distinguishes man from the other beasts: FINANCIAL WORRIES.

That's what distinguishes the pros from PEOPLE INVOLVED in AMATEUR THEATRE. You just GO out and do it again and again.

One of the things that distinguishes the CIA from the STATE DEPARTMENT is that the CIA is both asked to, and authorized to, STEAL SECRETS. So if the question is whether the CIA steals secrets, the ANSWER is yes.