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CIA lawyers, Winnie the Pooh, and more. by The Scrapbook 3/10/2007, Volume 012, Issue 26
Valerie Plame's CIA
Great news for unemployed, pothead liberal law students: The CIA is hiring, and you're the target demographic! We refer you to the website of the CIA's Office of General Counsel (https://www.cia.gov/ogc) where you will find featured an excerpt from the book America's Greatest Places to Work With a Law Degree.The book, in turn, describes the following testimonials as coming "from lawyers in the [Office of General Counsel]."
There are many, many misconceptions people have about working for the CIA. Actually, people are surprised when they hear that the CIA has a General Counsel's Office at all! . . . Another misconception is that the CIA is extraordinarily conservative. That's totally not the case. I'd say that most people here would consider themselves very liberal. . . .
'Another big misconception has to do with who gets into the CIA. There's a totally wrong-headed picture in people's minds that if you've ever smoked a joint, you can't get into the CIA. That's not true. Maybe you'd say, "Oh, when I was a freshman in college, I'd light up a doobie, I drank a lot, but when I got to law school, I grew up, and I don't do that anymore." That's not going to remove you from consideration. . . . There are a lot of people who self-select out, thinking that because of some old, casual drug use they won't get in. That's a shame.
The idea that the CIA is ideologically hostile to the White ...
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