Lee, are you familiar with the term "CIA front"? If not, let me educate you. Intelligence operations cannot be performed in vacuum. In order to interact with outside world, the operatives need some kind of plausible background. Organizations with vague goals, i.e. those concerned with peace promotion, cultural studies, education projects serve best for those, as it provides a non-specific, plausible context for extensive travel and establishment of contacts. Typically, these organizations would have two very separate sets of people -- the first is the larger part, working towards the organization's stated goals and blissfully unaware of its real raison d'etre; then there is the smaller part, and you probably already guessed who I am talking about. In the end, only those at the very top of the administrative hierarchy know who is who. So, there are two possible reasons for your indignation here. Either you were simply unaware of the real happenings in your organization, or.. ...or you are soo doing damage control...