Re:If the NSA Trusted Edward Snowden With Our Data, Why Shou...
by cstross on Monday June 10, 2013 @08:09AM
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* The security clearance process basically looks for reasonable, honest Americans free of foreign influence.*
That might be enough for domestic intelligence, but it's really shooting yourself in the foot if you apply "free of foreign influence" to overseas intelligence operatives. (Because you'll never be able to recruit anyone whose exposure to the target culture is significantly deeper than a semester attending a foreign university ...)
That might be enough for domestic intelligence, but it's really shooting yourself in the foot if you apply "free of foreign influence" to overseas intelligence operatives. (Because you'll never be able to recruit anyone whose exposure to the target culture is significantly deeper than a semester attending a foreign university ...)