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Alias star recruits for the CIA
BBC ^ | 03/12/04

Posted on 03/13/2004 8:51:38 AM PST by nypokerface

Alias actress Jennifer Garner, who stars as a CIA agent in the show, is now fronting a recruitment drive for the US spy agency.

She agreed to appear in a video for the CIA's website urging potential candidates to sign up.

The website states that Garner's Alias character "embodies the integrity, patriotism and intelligence the CIA looks for in its officers".

Garner, 31, was not paid for her appearance in the advert.

A CIA spokesman said: "She did this out of patriotism."

One the website Garner says the agency needs staff from a diverse range of backgrounds and with different talents.

"Right now, the CIA has important, exciting jobs for US citizens, especially those with foreign language skills. Today, the collection of foreign intelligence has never been more vital for national security," Garner says.

Agencies such as the CIA have been criticised since the 11 September attacks on America for not having enough staff who could speak Asian or Middle Eastern languages, which may have helped thwart attacks.

As well as her role on Alias, Garner appeared as one of the hosts of last month's Oscars awards ceremony.

She also appeared in the movie version of the comic strip Daredevil, alongside Ben Affleck.


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: cia; jennifergarner; recruiters

1 posted on 03/13/2004 8:51:38 AM PST by nypokerface
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To: nypokerface
Good for her!
2 posted on 03/13/2004 9:03:35 AM PST by international american
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To: international american
She's from West Virginia, where I grew up. Too bad she's a serial dater, though.
3 posted on 03/13/2004 9:11:08 AM PST by ahayes
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To: nypokerface
Motion to invoke the "Ann Coulter Rule" for any post involving Ms. Garner? =8b...
4 posted on 03/13/2004 9:30:27 AM PST by anonymous_user (Politics is show business for ugly people.)
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To: nypokerface
Pretty girl.


5 posted on 03/13/2004 9:30:50 AM PST by EggsAckley (..................That black stuff is hurting us............................)
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To: nypokerface
Well, I just put my resume in, but not because of Ms. Garner's influence.
6 posted on 03/13/2004 9:39:12 AM PST by Archangelsk (Shall we have a king?)
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To: anonymous_user
No. Compared to Ms. Garner, Ms. Coulter is a horse-faced reminder of the women of the Soviet Union.

Ducking for cover now.

7 posted on 03/13/2004 9:43:58 AM PST by Archangelsk (Shall we have a king?)
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To: nypokerface
"She did this out of patriotism."

Wow.

How often do you hear of a celebrity giving away some time out of patriotic motives?

I'm impressed.

8 posted on 03/13/2004 9:56:29 AM PST by 68skylark
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To: ahayes
Too bad she's a serial dater, though.

Isn't she married?

9 posted on 03/13/2004 10:22:30 AM PST by tdadams (If there were no problems, politicians would have to invent them... wait, they already do.)
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To: ahayes
Hollywood hasn't turned her into a self-absorbed nutcase,yet.

Good for her.
10 posted on 03/13/2004 10:46:08 AM PST by Finalapproach29er (" Permitting homosexuality didn't work out very well for the Roman Empire")
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To: EggsAckley
"Pretty" is not the word!

Jennifer Garner!

11 posted on 03/13/2004 11:04:14 AM PST by TexRef
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To: tdadams
Was.
13 posted on 03/13/2004 11:16:39 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: ahayes
She has talent, and brains!
14 posted on 03/13/2004 11:56:19 AM PST by international american
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To: nypokerface
I love Jennifer, and her show Alias...Good for her!!!
15 posted on 03/13/2004 12:08:08 PM PST by Katya
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To: tdadams
Separated, if not divorced.
16 posted on 03/13/2004 1:07:54 PM PST by ahayes
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To: Archangelsk
Since you prefaced it with "compard to Ms. Garner" I think you're okay. She'd make a bishop kick out a stained glass window for a better look.
17 posted on 03/13/2004 1:23:37 PM PST by anonymous_user (Politics is show business for ugly people.)
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To: anonymous_user
compard = compared

(What a retrd.)
18 posted on 03/13/2004 1:25:40 PM PST by anonymous_user (Politics is show business for ugly people.)
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To: nypokerface
Anoter hollywood carrrer blackballed. Perhaps she will get some work with Mel Gibson.
19 posted on 03/13/2004 2:37:30 PM PST by fella
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To: Green Knight
Ping!
20 posted on 03/13/2004 5:19:00 PM PST by Angelus Errare
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