There are more Intelligence Agencies and acronyms now in the US than there are letters in your daily alphabet soup. CIA, FBI, NSA, ATF, DEA, DIA, NRO, NIMA, AFI, AI, NI, MCIA and the US Secret Service form a giant aggregate of bureaucracy power going mad. If you prefer alphabet cereals, there is more: the infamous CTU for those watching the ''24'' TV series, the new Department of Homeland Security, a new office of Director of National Intelligence (DNI), and all the other agencies that the government contemplates or intends to create.

Well, the rest of the world is even grown more than we can count. British and Other European countries have more agencies then they had in the year 2000.

Don't forget about the Middle East version of Mukhabarat, Arabic name for Intelligence. Famous MOSSAD and other smaller versions exist in Israel. What about Iran and Syria?

China has more operations in Africa and the West than combined other Asian rivals. It is sometimes hard to keep track the names of Chinese Intelligence Agencies since their Alphabet Character is different than Latin. Canada and US governments have reported substantial increase of Chinese Spies in their Countries gathering technology and other sensitive information.

African countries are catching up with the West. South Africa is leading the way by modifying its Apartheid era security agency. Ethiopia, Ghana and Nigeria have the largest network so far penetrating other African countries secrets.

The new cold war between human interests in today's society is information gathering. If you are capable of having enormous information against your adversaries, you have the advantage in dealing with any threat or strategic shift they may make. That is the motto of today's world.

Security and protection way of life is the main justification of intelligence community’s existence and budgeting.

To read more about the US and other Strategic Inteliggence Services size and scope visit: http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel.html