When he was appointed chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) two years ago, Lt. Gen. (ret) Marciano Norman was challenged to improve BIN's very negative public image. During the New Order government, BIN played a major role in a number of repressive activities and following Suharto's fall, BIN officers were major suspects in the death of human rights activist Munir, in 2004.

Marciano came onto the scene about the time when changes began takin