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Article: Intelligence Agencies Urged to Hire Minorities; Diversity Strengthens Efforts, CIA Officials Say [Correction 9/6/07] [Correction 9/6/07]
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 15, 2007
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U.S. spy agencies need to recruit more racial and ethnic
minorities, especially first-generation Americans whose language
skills and cultural backgrounds could help fill critical gaps in
knowledge and analysis, two top intelligence officials said.
Despite efforts in the past six years to diversify the workforce,
only 14 percent of those in the CIA's officer corps are minorities,
said Jose Rodriguez, director of the CIA's National Clandestine
Service, the agency's foreign espionage unit.
"Nothing is more important to the intelligence profession than
cultivating different perspectives on the foreign threats and
challenges facing our nation," he said Monday at a border security
conference. ...