Ever had a neighbor who worked for the CIA, or any other security clearance requiring job? It was common practice in the 80's for the FBI to interview all the neighbors for dirt. Not hard to figure out if your neighbor was a spook. And if you lived in the DC area you'd also know whatever "cover" companies they'd adopted for work experience. Or you could figure out when they complain about the accident at the Langley exit (yes, it has it's own exit) that they work for the CIA. For someone doing covert intelligance work in Africa if her fucking neighbors in Mclean know it doesn't make a damn bit of difference. To have a syndicated columnist print her name does. But I'm sure you knew that, and it was already figured into your opinion.