The CIA found out that tourists going to the Soviet Union made lousy spies! |
The CIA does not recruit tourists, or any
civilians, directly; however, many civilians work for the CIA through government contractors who have contracts to provide services. They must be
cleared like regular CIA personnel are, and many are given appropriate security
clearances.
Even the civilian cleaning staff at the CIA
HQ have security clearances and are vetted like all other employees or
contractors.
Outside of the U.S., the CIA recruits foreign
civilians, called “sources” or “assets”, who supply the Agency with information
that their country doesn’t want us to have. Overall, the U.S. Intelligence
Community (IC) employs more than 100,000 spies, consultants, and foreign nationals
around the globe, and their job is to steal secrets and analyze information to
help protect U.S. national security.
In the MISSION
OF VENGEANCE spy novel, CIA spymaster Corey Pearson convinced a foreign
police officer to become an asset. Here’s a snippet from the novel:
“By the way, sir, Sanchez has been
promoted to Chief of Detectives in homicide by President Balaguer.”
General Morrison said, “A well-deserved
promotion, Corey. CBIF now has an asset in the top echelons of the Dominican
Republic National Police. He worked out well. After the fake custom’s
inspection of Markov’s yacht, which provided cover for you and your CIA team to
blow away the killers onboard, Sanchez hurried over to notify the FBI what
happened and to immediately attack Bocharov’s estate. You planned it out
seamlessly, Corey.”
End of snippet.
Robert Morton
is a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) and
enjoys writing about the U.S. Intelligence Community. He authors the Corey Pearson- CIA Spymaster
series. Check out his latest spy thriller: MISSION
OF VENGEANCE.
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