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| Daniel Offer Upgrade  User ID: 163120  United States11/28/2006 12:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | {{{Come Join the CIA says Junior bush to GLPers - Free World Travel-Booze-Drugs-Boys~ Ya Gotta Pass the Test!!}}} "Come hep me Ketch them Tearists and them Tearist Sympathizers, you know them that makes fun of me and my Daddy. Come on it'll be fun. Ya gotta pass the Test first." Your PreZidente Junior bush aka Emperor Junior bush aka Hitler Junior bush Leader of the Impeared World - And I Impeared 'em!!! Test = Find out if you're an impressive mastermind: [link to www.cia.gov (secure)] A rare glimpse inside the secret training program that produces America's spies. Reviewed by John Lehman Sunday, November 26, 2006; BW04 CLASS 11 Inside the CIA's First Post-9/11 Spy Class By T.J. Waters Dutton. 299 pp. $24.95 The skills of lying, stealing, bribing and deceiving do not usually belong to brave, bright, patriotic young Americans. Nor does the practice of these arts exist happily in a law-based government and a bureaucracy increasingly dominated by lawyers, whistleblowers and anonymous hotlines. So, since the Revolutionary War, we have been out- spied by our enemies (and, often, by our allies). We came closest to competence in gathering human intelligence (or HUMINT, as it's known in the trade) and catching enemy spies during the Cold War. While the CIA and the FBI had many dramatic successes in those decades, the recently opened archives of the KGB and the East German Stasi show that, overall, the Soviet bloc's spy agencies ran rings around us. Indeed, for the latter decades of the Cold War, America's spying capacities had been essentially shut down by the purges of the CIA instigated by the post-Watergate Congress. A convenient belief took hold that we had such good satellites and such neat gadgets that we no longer needed actual human spies. Throughout the 1980s and '90s, the gathering of human intelligence was limited mostly to having CIA operatives sit in U.S. embassies abroad under "official cover," waiting for "walk-in" sources to offer their services. This risked much less exposure to prowling lawyers, whistleblowers and congressional committees, but, unfortunately, it offered much less exposure to what was really going on. This period of self-delusion coincided with the rise of al-Qaeda and Islamist terrorism. Washington was amply provided with satellite photos of camps in Syria, Lebanon, Sudan and Afghanistan, as well as the occasional electronic intercept of a communication, but we had few reliable human sources to tell us what was actually going on. We were caught flat-footed by attacks in Beirut, Mogadishu, New York, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Aden and elsewhere, teaching our enemies just how blind and unwilling to retaliate we were. The second attack on the World Trade Center (after the far less deadly 1993 plot masterminded by Ramzi Yousef) was the result. After 9/11, the utter lack of useful human intelligence was suddenly seen as a huge hole in our defenses. A massive rebuilding of the CIA's clandestine service began. T.J. Waters has given us a very readable account of the first wave of this rebuilding in Class 11. Waters, now an intelligence consultant, was a member of the first post-9/11 class of recruits for the CIA's spy wing, and his book describes how very different it was from those preceding it. For one thing, this class was several times larger than normal, reflecting a surge of patriotic enlistment. It was also far more diverse, including more women, minorities, an airline pilot, a pro football player and Waters himself, who was a mid-career consultant. Before 9/11 and after Watergate, the CIA had recruited mainly "corn- fed Aryans" (as one veteran told me) who had never been out of the country. Rather than hiring well-traveled area specialists or native speakers of foreign languages, the CIA preferred to teach these uncomplicated people languages and lore from scratch. Class 11, which included Arab, Muslim and South Asian Americans, was different. The mission, however, remained the same: "Recruit foreign nationals who are willing to sell out their nation, leader, or religion for the benefit of the United States." Class 11 was about to join a dangerous and stressful profession -- made all the more so by the inability to share anything about what they did with friends or family, which helps explain why "the divorce rate in the Clandestine Service is greater than 50 percent." Waters offers a rare glimpse into what it is like to join this cadre and how its tradecraft is taught. The reader accompanies Waters from his first day at the CIA's Langley, Va., headquarters to his graduation from "the Farm," the agency's legendary training camp in Virginia. But while Waters's publisher is trying to hype his book as something wrested from the clutches of outraged CIA censors, Class 11 is a PR coup for the agency. The book reveals much new detail about the 18-month training process, but nothing in it would remotely compromise security. Although it includes descriptions of nifty James Bond gear such as a lifelike flying dragonfly that's actually a listening device, all of this is old-generation stuff no longer in use. Also absent is any description of some of the most valuable -- and least enjoyable -- experiences that tend to weed out many aspirants, such as survival training. Indeed, Class 11 contains nary a word critical of the CIA or its training, which, from Waters's description, is still focused on "official" cover (in U.S. posts abroad) rather than "deep" cover (in the dens of America's foes). The writer is genuinely motivated to do battle with the country's enemies -- so motivated that his writing sometimes verges on flag- waving ("Terrorists turned to new tactics . . . . Well, two can play at that game. It's our turn now"). Still, Waters has done an excellent job recounting his experiences, and he and the CIA deserve much credit for a book that can only enhance the public's understanding of the importance of a rejuvenated clandestine service. This book should prove a useful recruiting tool. · John Lehman was secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration and a member of the 9/11 Commission. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Daniel  |
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| AA User ID: 160035 United States11/28/2006 02:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: {{{Come Join the CIA says Junior bush to GLPers - Free World Travel-Booze-Drugs-Boys~ Ya Gotta Pass the Test!!}}} I Took the Test. Quoting: DanielResults: According to your responses you are A: Curious Adventurer ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HHHHHHHHMMMMMMMmmmmmmmm!!!!!!! Daniel Im an impressive mastermind. Of course they are absolutely right but I dare say I am impressed they learned from a few simple questions with multiple choice answers.  "Pray, v:. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy." - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) |
| Daniel (OP) User ID: 163120 United States11/28/2006 03:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: {{{Come Join the CIA says Junior bush to GLPers - Free World Travel-Booze-Drugs-Boys~ Ya Gotta Pass the Test!!}}} Im an impressive mastermind. Of course they are absolutely right but I dare say I am impressed they learned from a few simple questions with multiple choice answers. Quoting: AAHop to it. Junior bush Needs your "talents" NOW!!! Daniel |
| The Roman User ID: 161827  Italy11/28/2006 03:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: {{{Come Join the CIA says Junior bush to GLPers - Free World Travel-Booze-Drugs-Boys~ Ya Gotta Pass the Test!!}}} Are you trying to recruit us Daniel?  Matter is light. Energy is light. We are all light beings. -Albert Einstein- My Hobby: [link to www.radiogalaxy.eu] ....and so came the time of the X° and last Crusade, for Truth and Liberation... |
| Adamic Seed User ID: 163216  Canada11/28/2006 03:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: {{{Come Join the CIA says Junior bush to GLPers - Free World Travel-Booze-Drugs-Boys~ Ya Gotta Pass the Test!!}}} ``This is the youngest analytic work force in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency,'' Director Michael Hayden said at his confirmation hearings this year. ``In more disappointing language, this is the least experienced analytic work force in the history of CIA.'' Oh Fuck Me |
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| Daniel (OP) User ID: 163120 United States11/28/2006 04:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: {{{Come Join the CIA says Junior bush to GLPers - Free World Travel-Booze-Drugs-Boys~ Ya Gotta Pass the Test!!}}} Are you trying to recruit us Daniel? Quoting: The RomanNOPE!!! I considered sarcasm - but decided against it. Previous threads of mine: Baker Bitch Slaps Kissinger OUT of Meeting Room!!! Castrated Cheney ~ Power Play to keep Bolton at UN!!! Baker to Junior bush ~ "the people HATE You" ~ Your no Leader - "Your a CHEERLEADER"!!! Thread is #7 on Google~ Now on WONKETTE There was SARCASM in original thread & second thread. Am I clear now??? Daniel |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 146968 United States11/28/2006 04:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: {{{Come Join the CIA says Junior bush to GLPers - Free World Travel-Booze-Drugs-Boys~ Ya Gotta Pass the Test!!}}} Lets hope that quiz was designed by the graphics dept alone and not the analytical dept or we are in deep shit. Maybe it was meant for kids as a way to peak their future interset or something. |
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| Daniel (OP) User ID: 163427 United States11/28/2006 03:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: {{{Come Join the CIA says Junior bush to GLPers - Free World Travel-Booze-Drugs-Boys~ Ya Gotta Pass the Test!!}}} Lets hope that quiz was designed by the graphics dept alone and not the analytical dept or we are in deep shit. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 146968Maybe it was meant for kids as a way to peak their future interset or something. It was developed by a PR firm. Did you check out the JOB Openings??? Daniel |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 162922 United States11/29/2006 01:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: {{{Come Join the CIA says Junior bush to GLPers - Free World Travel-Booze-Drugs-Boys~ Ya Gotta Pass the Test!!}}} The skills of lying, stealing, bribing and deceiving do not usually belong to brave, bright, patriotic young Americans. Quoting: DanielThe CIA is a powerful tool and weapon, and necessary. The problem is that there is no accountability for those that wield this weapon, and it is misused. Rather than enhancing our long term security, it ends up increasing our peril. It "wins" short term battles, but creates far worse future conditions. Always. |
| Highlander_ User ID: 146968 United States12/02/2006 12:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: {{{Come Join the CIA says Junior bush to GLPers - Free World Travel-Booze-Drugs-Boys~ Ya Gotta Pass the Test!!}}} Lets hope that quiz was designed by the graphics dept alone and not the analytical dept or we are in deep shit. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 146968Maybe it was meant for kids as a way to peak their future interset or something. Well I'm a big kid then...Test results "Impressive Mastermind" Memor Miles Militis Templar, pro quos nos pugna! Non Nobis Domine, Non Nobis, Sed Nomine Tuo Da Gloriam! Dante said, ‘The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. [link to bornatemplar.blogspot.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 164820 United States12/02/2006 01:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: {{{Come Join the CIA says Junior bush to GLPers - Free World Travel-Booze-Drugs-Boys~ Ya Gotta Pass the Test!!}}} "The skills of lying, stealing, bribing and deceiving do not usually belong to brave, bright, patriotic young Americans." These would be the skills of cowardly, stupid, traitorous, old, career American politicians. |
