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Entry: Ross Douthat's Chutes and Ladders Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/ross_douthats_chutes_and_ladders#32616 Post contents: In paragraph 7, you use the term "case OFFICER" where context implies that the correct term is "case-WORKER." The term, "case OFFICER" is a term-of-art of the spook trade. The business of a case officer is seducing foreign nationals to disclose their countries' state secrets, i.e.: Commit treason. Shame, Sir. The spook trade may be necessary to a State's survival, but despite that, on the personal level of its individual actors, it is too often likely to be morally foul. Sent at: 2008 12 01