How Does the CIA Keep Its IT Staff Honest? 238
Tootech points out this story for anyone who's been curious about getting that top-secret clearance and the promise of a cushy pension from the CIA, as a reward for decades of blood-curdling, heart-pounding, knuckle-whitening IT service: "Be prepared to go through a lot of scrutiny if you want to work in the Central Intelligence Agency's IT department, says chief information officer Al Tarasiuk. And it doesn't stop after you get your top secret clearance. 'Once you're in, there are frequent reinvestigations, but it's just part of process here,' says Tarasiuk, who also gets polygraphed regularly, though he won't be more specific. For those senior IT managers who are the 'privileged users,' meaning system administrators, 'there is certainly more scrutiny on you,' Tarasiuk says. 'It's interesting: there's so much scrutiny that a normal person might not want to put up with that. But it's part of the mission.'"
WTF? (Score:5, Funny)
What use would the CIA have for honest staff?
Cool story bro (Score:5, Funny)
But 2008 wants its stories back.
Re:Honest? (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but they are our liars, thieves and criminals. As opposed to the other guys liars, thieves and criminals.
Re:WTF? (Score:5, Funny)
What use would the CIA have for honest staff?
The rest of them need someone to practice their dishonesty on?
Re:Honest? (Score:5, Funny)
Darling: So you see, Blackadder, Field Marshal Haig is most anxious to eliminate all these German spies. ...has discovered that the leak is coming from the Field Hospital.
Melchett: Filthy Hun weasels fighting their dirty underhand war!
Darling: And, fortunately, one of *our* spies--
Melchett: Splendid fellows, brave heroes, risking life and limb for Blighty!
Darling:
Re:WTF? (Score:3, Funny)
What use would the CIA have for honest staff?
You have to be honest to the organization but lie to everyone else.
Re:Hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but the silence speaks volumes. How many other workplaces do you know that don't include the company name anywhere on the badge?
Re:Hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
Wow. Does that mean that everyone who is unemployed right now could get people's attention by just making their own nameless ID badge?
My own ID is 3 steps more classified than that, though.
There's no bar code, no photo, and no ID number.
You don't need to know any more than that.