Thread: Off Topic: Al Qaeda Answers CIA's Hiring Call

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July 10, 2005
By Michael Sulick, former CIA associate deputy director for operations and former CIA chief of counterintelligence
LA Times

As many as 40 possible terrorists may have attempted to infiltrate U.S. intelligence agencies in recent months, CIA expert Barry Royden reported at a national counterintelligence conference in March. If that news isn't sufficiently terrifying, consider this chilling paradox: Though the agencies caught the potential spies at the job application stage, post-Sept. 11 pressures to quickly boost staffing make it increasingly likely that a terrorist could sneak into the intelligence community's ranks.

Since Al Qaeda's attacks on New York and Washington four years ago, the Sept. 11 commission and other investigative bodies have criticized intelligence agencies for failing to hire enough qualified personnel. President Bush ordered the CIA to increase analytic and operational personnel by 50%.

In response, intelligence agencies have launched ambitious campaigns to attract new recruits, even enlisting advertising agencies and running glitzy commercials. But this scramble to hire leaves agencies vulnerable, as a woefully small number of security analysts attempt to vet the flood of applicants. Job seekers with the native language skills and overseas experience that much intelligence work requires are among the most difficult to screen for security.

This conundrum comes to light as intelligence agencies have finally recognized that Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups operate like traditional intelligence services. Terrorists spy before they terrorize. They case and observe their targets. They collect intelligence about their enemy's vulnerabilities from publicly available information and by eliciting secrets from unwitting sources. Like intelligence officers, terrorists also practice tradecraft â€â€

Originally Posted by tms

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As many as 40 possible terrorists may have attempted to infiltrate U.S. intelligence agencies in recent months, CIA expert Barry Royden reported at a national counterintelligence conference in March. If that news isn't sufficiently terrifying, consider this chilling paradox: Though the agencies caught the potential spies at the job application stage, post-Sept. 11 pressures to quickly boost staffing make it increasingly likely that a terrorist could sneak into the intelligence community's ranks.

Right....and what is NEWLY "terrifying" about this? Enemy spies are a long standing tradition in human civilization. Enemy spies are everywhere in the United States. They are here from Mexico, Russia, China, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudia Arabia, North Korea, El Salvador and every single country in the world. They working on military bases, in maintenance shops for commerical airliners, nuclear plants, running drugs, killing citizens, running arms and weapons, and my guess is influencing every single agency of the United States Government.

I'm sure they have infiltrated every single defense contractor and I'm positive Halliburton is swarming.

So...what's new and "chilling" about this little CIA hiring adventure?

AND tell me again: The CIA is soliticiting personnel by enlisting "advertising agencies" and running "glitzy commercials" searching for middle easterners to beef up their staff? Like what, they are trying to sell the CIA like a box of Post Toasties and are shocked when they get a bunch of fruit cakes applying for the "glitzy" opportunity?

God Help Us.