Intelligence Porblems

[SpareTire]

So, I was playing a marathon game tonight - and doing well until I was ranked #1 is score, then suddenly, on one turn *all* of the computers declared war on me. I was duking it out with them and doing well - except on the Intel front. *Every* turn I got research projects cancelled (major bummer) or ships leaving my side or resources & tech being stolen. It was a major pain in the rear. How do you guys fend off the Intel onslaught??? I had roughly 8k in Intel points per turn - not a major number but I did research all the way to Intel Center III .

When you do a counter Intel project, is it saved to be used against an enemy project? Can I tell anywhere how many I have stored?

Thanks!

Oh, and I *lost* only because I was asking the weak races to surrender to me - but on one I hit 'surrender to it' and there was no way to undo the message... MAJOR DRAG there.