Oo-ee, oo-ee baby. Won't ya let me take you on a spy cruise?

Old man Panetta is runnin' my shoes
No use t'sittin' and a'singin' the blues
So be my snitch, you got nothin' to lose
Won't ya let me take you on a spy cruise? 
Hope aboard the S.S. Surreal below and sing-a-long.

Michael Hayden, the former CIA Director, has always asserted that “the war on terrorism is inherently an intelligence war.” This November, the “SPY CRUISE” will be sailing. On the cruise everything you wanted to know about intelligence but could not ask will be discussed, that is except classified information. NewsReal Blog interviewed four of the speakers to get their take on what will be discussed. (more)

SpyCruise® is a private group aboard a cruise ship where members attend exclusive lectures and talks on espionage, spies, intelligence, counterterrorism and more. Speakers are intelligence experts, leaders, officers, operatives, analysts, authors and historians, many of whom served in the US Intelligence Community. Each cruise we choose a different ship, a different destination and a different agenda.

SpyCruise® is a unique opportunity for anyone interested in the topic of intelligence to meet and learn from real experts in the intelligence field as well as others who share the same interest in this topic and history, world affairs, intelligence, military, books, etc. Lectures are normally once a day and the rest of the time is yours to enjoy the cruise ship and its excursions at different destinations. (more)

NEXT SPYCRUISE: November 13-20, 2010 in the Caribbean

Extra credit: Intellectual property transfer, or not? 

You decide.

Sea Cruise & Rockin' Pneumonia 

Sweet Little Sixteen & Surfin' USA