Re:Students Question the NSA at Recruiting Session [audio]
by rhizome on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @07:48PM
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Then again, "Business Insider," and a number-of-things article.
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Re:Students Question the NSA at Recruiting Session [audio]
by colanderman on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @08:04PM
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Sorry, I just picked the first result on Google. I learned this tidbit from a previous posting on HN; apparently the CIA (or NSA?) recruits heavily from Brigham Young University.
Re:Students Question the NSA at Recruiting Session [audio]
by pyre on Thursday July 04, 2013 @03:46AM
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It was the CIA.
There is the possibility that they trend towards Mormons due to some belief/statistic that they are more likely to respect authority, or unquestioningly follow orders.
On the other hand, Mormons do a lot of missionary work where they learn the local language, in addition to customs, etc. This is also something extremely valuable to intelligence organizations.
Re:Students Question the NSA at Recruiting Session [audio]
by phaus on Thursday July 04, 2013 @06:45PM
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There's a reserve/guard unit (can't remember which) in Utah that is comprised largely of Mormons who became linguists for the Army. Supposedly, it's the most talented and diverse group of linguists ever assembled, and they have people who speak languages that no other person in the Western world knows.