Sypher, i appreciate your insight- and agree with everything youve said. im applying to ssp/sais/msfs next cycle (i'm 2 years out of UG), if i had my druthers i'd work for a 3 letter agency or go into the foreign service. i would be interested in knowing some of your credentials- i think that ssp is the right play for what i want, but really going to sais or msfs which are obviously more broad can get me to where i want to be. what kind of experience do you have?