well this may be a little pedantic..but i feel the need to respond because this sort of thing annoys me....ASIO is NOTHING LIKE the CIA...CIA deals with threats to the USA from outside the USA - ie everyone's idea of traditional espionage, whereas ASIO deals with threats to Australia from within Australia...ie groups/individuals within our borders that pose a threat to Australia and Australian interests. Our equivalent of CIA is called ASIS. And USA's equivalant of ASIO is a mixture of FBI and the Secret Service.
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well this may be a little pedantic..but i feel the need to respond because this sort of thing annoys me....ASIO is NOTHING LIKE the CIA...CIA deals with threats to the USA from outside the USA - ie everyone's idea of traditional espionage, whereas ASIO deals with threats to Australia from within Australia...ie groups/individuals within our borders that pose a threat to Australia and Australian interests. Our equivalent of CIA is called ASIS. And USA's equivalant of ASIO is a mixture of FBI and the Secret Service.