Álvaro de Vasconcelos was quoted by Russkaja Germanija/Russkij Berlin:

"Creating an open army, which is mostly in the hands of civilians, completely changes the role of intelligence.We have to keep in mind that intelligence that serves crisis prevention is fundamentally different from intelligence carried out during armed conflict. Firstly, information obtained from public sources is far more effective," says Director of the Institute for Security Studies, Alvaro de Vasconcelos. Russkaja Germanija/Russkij Berlin