thanks for the welcome Jerome.  I basically agree with your statement.  The law was written to protect our CIA undercover agents overseas, and then protect them for an additional five years when they get back.  I don't think the CIA is really susposed to have undercover agents over here--that's more the FBI,,,,though I guess with the Patriot Act, maybe that has changed.  But I don't think that when the law was written, lawmakers had undercover CIA domestic agents in mind.