such intelligence...

a Russian joke circulated in the 60s:

Czech Ambassador: Premier Khruschev, I offer my condolences and those of my people on the tragic accident that killed your Foreign Minister.

Premier Khruschev: You're a little early; the accident is tomorrow!

As I just finished "See No Evil" by Robert Baer, I can't get over that much politico-satirical mood and I thought this joke fits the best as to how intelligence can work, if fully implemented, at times.