Quality ASIO recruits 'hard to find' An Australian terrorism expert says a lack of quality graduates will stymie the Federal Government's attempts to double staff numbers at the nation's top spy agency. Prime Minister John Howard says the Government will seek to double the number of staff at the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) between now and 2010. The upgrade is part of efforts to prevent a terrorist attack in Australia. Michael McKinley from the Australian National University's political science and international relations department agrees ASIO needs more people. However, he says they will be tough to find. "Perhaps not impossible but very rare in the current university system, which is actually producing graduates of lesser analytical capability in the area of political science and international relations," Dr McKinley said.