Yes that's correct. Counterintelligence goes through cycles. Sometimes it produces the best, sometimes it's a point where the worst are parked in. For backgro

Yes that's correct. Counterintelligence goes through cycles. Sometimes it produces the best, sometimes it's a point where the worst are parked in. For background, Vladimir Putin is a little unusual in that he studied at an academy that was famous for counterintelligence. At the time CI was not as high status in the KGB so his emergence later was unexpected.