Reset the clock again, CIA edition
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I briefly worked for the CIA more than 10 years ago. It costs the govt a great deal of money to hire a CIA employee. There are multiple rounds of interviews and background checks; they send investigators out to your workplace, school, family members, friends, etc; there are multiple rounds of polygraph testing. Once you're in, you're in.
The only case I ever heard of anyone getting fired was some dumbass who looked at child porn on the company network. Yes, the CIA's network, probably one of the most monitored networks in the world.
The CIA also has something like 30,000+ employees ("blue badges") and god knows how many contractors ("green badges").
He glows among us.
Hah, I don't think I count as a glowy if I quit AND acknowledge that I worked there.
Hell, it was largely that experience that made me as anti-government and anti-bureaucracy and anti-elite (CIA is fucking full of the elite) as I am.
Won't get into anything close to accurate details to avoid dox, but it was 10+ years ago, and I was hired in the analytical division (the "DI").
Depends. Once a spook always a spook for some things, like holding office.
I think that's true for most people.
The CIA was all about being part of the CIA as the head of the Intelligence Community. From day one, Entrance on Duty (EOD) training, the teachers went out of their way to tell you how you were special as the top of the IC, how the CIA operated independently of individual politicians, etc. The first 10 days were full of propaganda about CIA successes, how instrumental it was in various geopolitical actions, etc. Total indoctrination.
I honest to god knew within 10 minutes it was not going to work out for me.