> Maybe don’t state it? It’s their job to do something about it, You're presenting a curious case here. You want the intelligence community to respond to threa

> Maybe don’t state it? It’s their job to do something about it, You're presenting a curious case here. You want the intelligence community to respond to threats from state actors, but without ever telling the public that's what they're doing? There are two problems with this: 1. Government transparency - I want to know what the FBI is up to. You are advocating more opacity in their operations, for uncertain gain. 2. What if "doing something about it" requires cooperation from the public? The specific issues under discussion is the Confucius Institutes being established at various universities, but these are not illegal and the FBI has no power to get rid of them, nor do I want them to have that power. All they can do is point out the threat and leave the ultimate decision to the university administrators.