FOREIGN LANGUAGES
A recent article explained that the CIA was ramping up efforts to enroll more foreign language speakers to increase the 13% of all employees who speak a foreign language today.
” CIA Director Leon Panetta said after his confirmation earlier this year that expanding foreign language proficiency among new and existing staff is a top priority. “I’d like to … get to a point where every analyst and operations officer is trained in a foreign language,” he said. “Foreign languages are extremely important … to understanding that part of the world that we have to gather intelligence from.” usatoday
This article goes on to say that, today, more than 7 out of 10 members of our covert operatives speak ONLY English. On the backup analyst teams, more than 8 out of 10 speak ONLY English. How dumb can we get?….
http://virginiahammon.com/2009/08/12/cia-a-breath-of-intelligence-central/
FOREIGN LANGUAGES A recent article explained that the CIA was ramping up efforts to enroll more foreign language speakers to increase the 13% of all employees who speak a foreign language today.
” CIA Director Leon Panetta said after his confirmation earlier this year that expanding foreign language proficiency among new and existing staff is a top priority. “I’d like to … get to a point where every analyst and operations officer is trained in a foreign language,” he said. “Foreign languages are extremely important … to understanding that part of the world that we have to gather intelligence from.” usatoday
This article goes on to say that, today, more than 7 out of 10 members of our covert operatives speak ONLY English. On the backup analyst teams, more than 8 out of 10 speak ONLY English. How dumb can we get?…. http://virginiahammon.com/2009/08/12/cia-a-breath-of-intelligence-central/