Responsible journalism frowns on assisting governments but rules are made to be broken in some circumstances. Intelligence services are always where reporters gather on big stories. We often traded information to mutual advantage. My worst breach was smuggling notes from disappeared Americans in Cuba, I still have a CIA gift of signed bongo drum from CIA head Carribean. Similar relationships were common among reporters who couldn't stay awake for 24 hours or days. Charles Kuralt and I covered for each other on overseas assignments. In print days, I telegraphed stories for under-the-weather competing reporters. Cooperation comes handy in rigorous times---to survive.