AGILE under Godel had been run like an intelligence operation, employing local contacts, like a Thai prostitute who was coordinating the river surveillance project. The prostitute spoke Thai, Lao, Vietnamese, and English and knew all of the key people in the region, according to Warren Stark, the AGILE program manager.“Sy Deitchman was aghast that he would have someone like that on the payroll,” Stark said.

