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"Increasingly, it appears, intelligence agencies the world over are beginning to appreciate agents with a strong academic background." John Le Carre's upper-ec
by cafard 5y ago
"Increasingly, it appears, intelligence agencies the world over are beginning to appreciate agents with a strong academic background."
John Le Carre's upper-echelon spies seemed to be mostly Oxonian. I am not particularly a historian of the CIA, but its leadership seemed to have fairly expensive schooling, to, didn't they?
- noughtme 5y agoNot just expensive, exclusive. In the early years they hired mostly out of Yale, before expanding to include Princeton. Similar to MI5/MI6 hiring from Oxbridge. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/16/books/yale-a-great-nursery-of-spooks.html https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/16/books/yale-a-great-nurser...