Wheee Doggies....Now Hiring...."Double Naught" Spize
Posted on 11/24/2004 6:21:18 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
President Bush has ordered CIA Director Porter J. Goss to increase by 50 percent the number of qualified CIA clandestine operators and intelligence analysts, an ambitious step that would mean the hiring and training of several thousand new personnel in coming years.
Bush also ordered the doubling of CIA officers involved in research and development "to find new ways to bring science to bear in the war on terrorism, the proliferation of WMD [weapons of mass destruction] and against new and emerging threats." In the presidential order, dated Nov. 18 and released by the White House yesterday, Bush also called for a 50 percent increase in the number of CIA officers proficient in "mission-critical languages" such as Arabic.
The directive comes as the CIA is under intense scrutiny and in a period of transition under Goss's new leadership, and as the administration is under pressure to show progress in addressing the shortcomings documented by the Sept. 11 commission this summer. Last week Congress was unable to agree on details of legislation to dramatically reorganize the U.S. intelligence community.
In addition to calling for such a reorganization, the 9/11 commission had also urged strong increases in the number of clandestine officers, intelligence analysts and language specialists, as had the Senate and House intelligence committees.
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They'll have to raise pay to attract better than they've got.
This is a definite step in the right direction. Electronic intelligence is great, but nothing can replace actual human intelligence, human assets, whether they are honorable correspondants or plain agents ran by your intelligence services.
If I was a spy, I would advertise it in the newspaper to get chicks.
Memo to the CIA:Quit hiring liberal Ivy Leaguers. Cut your ties with Harvard and Yale and go the the top heartland colleges(Rice, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Purdue,etc.) where recruits who really love their country and want to protect it can be found.
If I were a spy, -.... a great opener for a series of on-liners.
I am bored with my current job. I wonder if I could get into the CIA? Anyone know the requirements?
The article said they were looking for Arabic language speakers, computer techs and people who wouldn't mind risking their lives.
Well, the first thing Bush should ask Goss to do is eliminate the requirement that one must have a bachelor's degree to get in. Second, it's best to hire people on the fringe again. Intelligence used to be a dirty job done by street-saavy people who didn't have nothing to lose. Now it's done by by-the-book schmucks who are more interested in a career than getting their hands dirty.
Then sign me up. I am willing to risk someone's life. Hell, if Chevy Chase and Dan Akroyd can do it. . .
If I had a hammer...
Wheee Doggies....Now Hiring...."Double Naught" Spize
Requirements? Can you fog up a mirror?
FYI
We have a young family friend who wanted to join the CIA. He was turned down, probably because he's a straight arrow, I suspect.
I hope that before they start hiring Porter Goss does a thorough cleanout of the hiring committee. Otherwise it will be business as usual, which is to say they will hire clones of themselves, more Ivy League liberals.
Thanks....this should be interesting!!!
Good move by Bush....again.
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