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Syriana and Munich |
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Contd. To the response you were looking for |
| Date Posted: |
01/02/2006 |
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How close do you think movies like Syriana and Munich get to portraying the real world of intelligence?
On a side note, do you think the CIA actively plants sleepers and their officers in terrorist groups around the world? They have previously publicly denied this and claimed that they would never risk their officers' lifes in such a manner. They said that they have no more than a handful of officers who would even be capable of infiltrating terrorist cells by posing as terrorists.
Given the current focus on terrorism and islamic extremists, how actively do you think the CIA is recruiting people with muslim backgrounds? Melissa Boyle Mahle and Lindsay Moran, both ex-CIA field officers, have claimed in a PBS interview that while they worked at the CIA, 2nd generation Americans almost always got washed out during the security background investigation and polygraph. They claimed that the agency has an inherent distrust of foreigners and after the recent publicity of moles within the CIA and FBI, the agency always sides on the side of caution. They claim that the quality of officers is suffering because of this. Instead of hiring middle easterners, indians, chineese, etc, the agency continues to hire mostly white americans. The agency's response to 9/11 has predominantly been to hire white americans in bulk. They have increased the quantity of the Clandestine Service, but not the quality.
Out of curiosity, how many people on this board come from an islamic background? In other words how many people know the five pillars of islam, know how to pray, have memorized parts of the koran and understand things like zakat and fasting? |
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P.S. I have no islamic background. I this shit is important, so I learned about Islam and their language. But for those who don't know, I will answer the questions.
Five pillars cliff note version...
1-Believe in only one God (Allah) and his prophet Mohammad.
2-Travel to Mecca to pray before you die.
3-Pray during the day at the schedule times (5 times)
4-Look for self-purifaction during Ramadann(Nov.)(fasting)
5-Participate in Zakat...ultra charity...giving around 3% of the your annual net income to the poor at the end of each year. If one has no money to give, that person should committ no evil, according to Mohammad thats an act of charity in itself.
I'm not going to talk down to you guys like some people do on these logs so they feel cool about themseleves. I think the CIA are hiring people who think it would be "cool" to be a spy for the United States of America, and they are not hiring people who want to do it as an act of duty for their country and have the determination to get the job done.
Ma-Salama...
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