Your phrase "intelligence in the middle" brings something else to mind. It is important to note that the $550 Million worldwide DOD/McAfee contract also covers the entire US intelligence community. "The US Federal Government is currently replacing all Kapersky Lab (Russian based company) products that it had previously used. 9/17 the DHS issued the ban ORDERING all state agencies and departments to stop using them over their potential threat to internal cybersecurity". To be frank, I was stunned back in the day, while still on AD, when we started using Kapersky products. I recall the young junior oficers downplaying this old SAC cold warrior's concerns at the time since, "It's a different world Major, now that the wall came down" Yeah, right!