FourTeeFive
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If this were a movie it would be unbelievable. Very strange indeed...
Alledged CIA agent killed by police after high speed chase
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DWARREN123
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Bad deal all around!
Not true. I know that for a fact.
When I was in college, my adviser was in the CIA and was active in the Suez crisis. He was obviously no longer with the agency when he was teaching, but he was most definitely there. Likewise, my adviser in graduate school (the first time I went) at U. T., Dr. James Bill, was connected to the agency and was active in Iran. He was a personal friend of the Empress Farah, and he was a well-known expert in the field. I was honored to work with him and learn from him, may his memory be eternal. He never made any secret of what he'd done IN GENERAL. He also never talked specifics.
There are any number of ex-spy types out there who are hardly "in the closet". Telling your kids to keep their mouths shut is smart, certainly...but my dad said the same to me about "our family's business" and all he did was work for the phone company.
Just wanted to set that little point straight.
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Geronimo45
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A well-dressed, normal-looking guy comes up, wants to have his picture taken with you. Picture's taken, move on to the next one. Not hard - just come early to the event. And be well-groomed.
ditchdigger
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They are not supposed to tell people they work for the CIA, most tell people they work for the government and leave it at that. But not all employees follow that recommendation. Some get in trouble for it and some don't. A guy I work with's father was a career man there and he didn't know about it until he was 30 years old.
JohnBT
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There's a lot of that going on around D.C. I grew up next door to a quiet guy who gardened a lot. A few years ago I saw his half-page obituary in the Washington Post and discovered that he was an interrogator at Vint Hill.
Buddy of mine discovered, eventually, that his father was a chemist employed by the CIA.
John
Buddy of mine discovered, eventually, that his father was a chemist employed by the CIA.
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siglite
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For those of you indicating that folks advertise after retirement, there are obvious exceptions. Anything that's going to be released (as I understand it) has to be approved by the CIA in advance. So when folks want to write books, talk about their service, etc... they have to request official sanction to do so. Not everyone can get that sanction, and, in my limited experience, I don't know anyone who sought it.
If you folks have professors and other folks that are talking about their service (places, names, jobs, etc...) I'd submit there are three possibilities. The first is they're FoS. The second is they've obtained sanction. The third is, they're violating policy (as I understand it, and I make no claim of special knowledge) , and CERTAINLY the culture over there at Langley.
If you folks have professors and other folks that are talking about their service (places, names, jobs, etc...) I'd submit there are three possibilities. The first is they're FoS. The second is they've obtained sanction. The third is, they're violating policy (as I understand it, and I make no claim of special knowledge) , and CERTAINLY the culture over there at Langley.
I don't think his family would have known so much if he was who he claimed to be. I also don't think we will ever really know. "while the agency doesn’t normally confirm or deny a person’s employment with the CIA, “he was never a CIA officer.”"
X_m1tanker
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My dad worked in Chicago deep cover in the early 70's, DoJ, had city cops chasing his undercover car while on pursuit of high profile suspects.... proves that high level Fed ops are more important than city level ops.... lol, and you local cops think your so big and bad.... till then spend 20 years shooting your own venison, and splitting you own firewood...
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