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...true that CIA officers only have the skills that make them valuable to their secondary employers because of CIA training. If they leave, their training, an expensive investment for the CIA, leaves with them. However, the reality is that once someone has been trained, they own the skills they have acquired...

Author: By William V. Bergstrom | Title: Agency Under Fire | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

Second incomes are also good for the agents, because they yield a lot of money, and officers’ monetary satisfaction is vital to the CIA. Many CIA officials already fear they will lose their most talented employees to the private sector because of better pay and reduced stress...

Author: By William V. Bergstrom | Title: Agency Under Fire | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

Currently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, and the Drug Enforcement Association give employees full retirement benefits after 20 years to compensate for the stress inherent in their work. CIA officers do not get the same treatment. Furthermore, the  compensation given to the family of a CIA officer killed in action is smaller than that which any of the other agencies provide. And additionally, this is anything but a unique practice. Many government agencies—including the military—allow employees to hold secondary jobs, with approval...

Author: By William V. Bergstrom | Title: Agency Under Fire | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

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...

Author: By William V. Bergstrom | Title: Agency Under Fire | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

...killed, Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema, a senior official at the Interior Ministry, held a press conference, on Musharraf's instructions, to pin the assassination on Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, who was killed last August in a rocket strike in South Waziristan - a claim later supported by the CIA. According to the report, it was no secret that Pakistan's militants loathed Bhutto and her stance against Islamist violence. But the Musharraf government's "hasty" announcement, the report says, "was premature at best" and "prejudiced the police investigations which had not yet begun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.N. Probe of Bhutto Killing Faults Pakistan Military | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

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