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We have no element to let us think that the actual active capabilities are any better than that. Do you know any elite who goes working for agencies? How can they remain elite if they don’t write on their work, share it with others, recoup best practices during conferences, etc.?

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I've no idea how to interpret your comment in way that isn't bizarre. You seem to state you think competitive advantage in intelligence activity - and in military activity for that matter, as they are deeply intertwined - doesn't exist.

And that the reason it doesn't is because everyone involved has to constantly leak and brag all their confidential secrets out in the open so they will be considered hireable by other agencies tasked with secret-keeping?

Have I read that right?

Elites that stay elite do so by remaining understated, basing the majority of their reputation on the results of their work, and only sharing their techniques when they know they are in the right crowd.

If the internet knew, it wouldn’t be an elite op anymore.

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