this, the guber-secret of how much the soviets who spent -- how much the soviet union actually spentery to the soviet union itself. maybe no one knew. gorbachev publicly said defense spending was 94 billion rubles. his top assistant put it at 120 billion rubles. the foreign minister said it was 117 billion rubles. the defense minister said it was 132 billion rubles. it sounds a lot like the estimates of a fellow was hearing about the number of turkish ships -- othello was hearing about the number of turkish ships. my main point here is that intelligence is awfully tough. there is a great scene in the movie "the lion in winter" where the king and admonishes everyone "just face the facts." the queen replies "which ones? there are just so many of them." because intelligence is tough, those who dedicate their lives to serving the nation in the intelligence realm deserve our highest admiration and respect. samuel goldwyn once said, allow me a few words before i begin to speak. please, i asked you, allow me a few words before i end my speaking. and that is to tell you one final story about