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> I do think that a CIA employee who doesn't know how to cover his tracks properly when having an affair needs to be shown the door ASAP. Apparently, you're no
by stevenbedrick 14y ago
> I do think that a CIA employee who doesn't know how to cover his tracks properly when having an affair needs to be shown the door ASAP.
Apparently, you're not the only person who feels that way. From an interview on "Fresh Air" last year with Dayna and Robert Baer, two former CIA clandestine service agents, came this bit of institutional wisdom:
GROSS: Yeah, sometimes when people start seeing each other who work together, they try to keep it secret for a while because they don't want everybody in the office to know. Did you do that?
Ms. BAER: A little bit, to some extent.
Mr. BAER: We used good tradecraft.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. BAER: Car pickups, dead drops and the rest of it. You know, in the CIA they say if you can't carry on an affair in secret, you're not worth your salt.
(Soundbite of laughter)
GROSS: Is it that common that there's sayings about it?
Ms. BAER: Yes.
Mr. BAER: Oh, absolutely.
Ms. BAER: Absolutely.
Mr. BAER: I mean the divorce rate there must be astronomical. You know, they won't - that's a secret too, but I'm sure it is.
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