Introduction While the intelligence field and the art of intelligence gathering have been around longer than nation states, there has been significant growth in strategic security- related curriculum such as intelligence degree programs and intelligence study courses over the past decade In addition to the growing number of both online and traditional degree programs in this field, government agencies even have their own programs dedicated to intelligence study

Recent media reports have brought attention to the US

Counterintelligence is typically associated with the idea of catching foreign spies and double agents attempting to spy on their own country for financial gain or blackmail Over the past few decades there have been many high profile counterespionage cases in the media

While daily reports indicate massive private sector layoffs in the United States, government employment appears to be relatively safe A recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report indicated that government job growth will come primarily from increased homeland security needs ("Career Guide to Industries 2008: Federal Government;" Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2008)