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- A former spy on life in the CIA: It’s like Bond, with more boredom
- My Life as a Spy: Investigations in a Secret Police File
- What are spies really like?
- Work Like a Spy: Career Advice From a CIA Operative
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A former spy on life in the CIA: It’s like Bond, with more boredom
His part-time job is Russian troll hunter. Are we at risk for an anthrax attack? The world's fastest plane. Watch feds arrest a Chinese cyber pirate. Another Cuban mole in the US government. Cryptic code in purse exposes Cuban spy. The search for Saddam Hussein. The manhunt for Saddam Hussein. North Korea's history of covert operations.
My Life as a Spy: Investigations in a Secret Police File
Area 51 is real, but sorry, no aliens. What US spy hunters found in a traitor's home. Phone calls make CIA traitor's son a suspect. Cuban spy Kendall Myers had a surprising partner. Shots fired on a plane at 35, feet. Ex-Taliban officer helped free American hostages.
Film about Jesus lands aid workers in a Taliban prison. Dumpster diving for evidence of a spy. Searching a spy's home without leaving a trace. Recruiting a Soviet to spy for America. The Cold War version of Google Earth. Spying on the Soviets from space. The fake company that busted an Iranian arms dealer. The art of going undercover. How the flu spreads.
How an attack could impact you. Why wiretapping is still used by agencies. What you should know about sarin gas. How the DEA got close to an alleged terrorist. Drug money pays for attacks on Americans. What was the DEA doing in Afghanistan? Ledger book links a drug kingpin to terrorism. Meet a global 'godfather' of heroin. White supremacist leader escapes FBI raid. A fiery shootout with an American terrorist. How white supremacists robbed an armored truck.
What are spies really like?
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Work Like a Spy: Career Advice From a CIA Operative
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A lot of people struggle with that, and it even causes a number of people to self-select out early in the training. I was traveling a lot, so I just threw myself totally into the work. A lot of people develop a really good social network within work. People are surprised by how basic the techniques used by CIA officers are. Really, the techniques boil down to basic human psychology and a basic understanding of what motivates people. The work involves meeting, networking, studying, and analyzing, much more than it involves any of the things you see in a James Bond movie.
People are almost disappointed to learn that. After I had my first son, I tried to go back to work, but had a really tough time finding that balance. And some people do—there are fabulous, very successful female officers. But for me, something had to give.
People are more interested than I expected about the business lessons from the CIA world. Again, I blame James Bond. Spies have to maintain good relationships, even in ugly political situations. People are really responding to my networking suggestions. The idea of offensive recruiting: It involves identifying and exhibiting the behaviors rewarded in your office or industry better then the people around you.
Working in the CIA really gives you the ability to narrow in very quickly on the most pressing issue.