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...article revealed the CIA’s practice of allowing employees, like the fictional Jason Bourne, to use their skills in the corporate world (provided they get approval) as a source of secondary income. This amendment allows far fewer forms of secondary employment for Agency personnel, which is a serious threat to the strength of our country’s intelligence force...
Moreover, this type of employment is exactly what Agency employees not engaged in the field need to have. For them to use the skills that make them good agents to make a little extra money is good for everyone...
...good for the Agency, because working in a job such as deception detection is the equivalent of Jason Bourne doing trick shots in the circus; he gets practice, and the circus gets customers. Financial firms get to use tested intelligence skills to make better market decisions, and the Agency gets employees that are better practiced, without having...
Shouldn’t CIA employees be allowed to use the skills that they have acquired to provide for themselves in a way that the government won’t, if they get approval? Shouldn’t we just be thankful that they use their skills primarily in our nation’s service, even though there are many higher-paying options? As noted by CIA staff, the option for employees to use their unique talents in the private sector is the only way to prevent a “brain-drain...
...added that she hopes people will use the garden as an educational experience. “I’d love for people to see this as an opportunity to become more educated about their environment and where food figures into...