Two quotes from OA > "He had left the agency in 1953, after about two years, but he never divulged the details of his work for the organization" Seems part of

Two quotes from OA > "He had left the agency in 1953, after about two years, but he never divulged the details of his work for the organization" Seems part of the deal for these kinds of job? > "In terms of other materials, the CIA wouldn’t give me anything. I filed FOIA requests. I talked to their entertainment liaison, who works with Hollywood. But they don’t declassify personnel records." The reciprocal part of the deal. The 'old boys network' recruitment as we call it in the UK fits the pattern. I suppose that there was a desire to have eyes and ears among the new elite peer group. I imagine that the Agency was compartmentalised so a cultural adjutant in Paris would not necessarily know about activities in Iran. (The Snow Leopard remains a favourite book of mine).