{"id":2190,"date":"2011-10-01T09:15:20","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T09:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/?p=2190"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T07:56:53","slug":"cia-is-recruiting-right-here-in-river-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/cia-is-recruiting-right-here-in-river-city\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA is Recruiting &#8211; &#8220;Right Here in River City&#8221; (Monterey) &#8211; No Reservations or Morals Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2204\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/leon_panetta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2204\" class=\" wp-image-2204\" title=\"Leon Panetta - Remote Controlling a Killer Drone?\" src=\"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/leon_panetta.jpg\" alt=\"Leon Panetta - Remote Controlling a Killer Drone?\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recent <strong>CIA Head Leon Panetta<\/strong> &#8211; Remote Controlling an <strong>Assassination\u00a0Drone?<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Yes indeed folks.<br \/>\nWe both know times are tough.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But, have you ever imagined yourself hired as James Bond?<\/p>\n<p>Have you thought about working for the CIA?<\/p>\n<p>Seriously.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re hiring, they pay great, want smart people (who don&#8217;t ask questions and don&#8217;t have any of that sticky moral baggage), and best of all &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2011\/jun\/30\/news\/la-pn-doj-detainee-20110630\">criminal laws don&#8217;t apply to employees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you could get paid to <b>officially<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cia_torture\">&#8220;extraordinarily render&#8221; (also known as kidnap)<\/a> people, use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2007\/dec\/13\/usa.humanrights\">&#8220;enhanced coercive interrogation techniques&#8221; on them<\/a>, and if you show promise they might even let you &#8220;put them down&#8221; or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/18\/world\/asia\/18pakistan.html?_r=1\">&#8220;euthanise&#8221;<\/a> them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Just like being a Mafia hitman, except there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2017\/03\/01\/ex-cia-agent-linked-to-kidnap-freed\/\">no threat of going to jail !<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2260\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Middlebury.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2260\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2260\" title=\"Middlebury College\" src=\"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Middlebury.gif\" alt=\"Middlebury College\" width=\"200\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Middlebury College<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/event?eid=MmZxNnBobTdzOTZzbDhtMmRuYmZuN2FkOTQgY2FyZWVyZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnRAZ28ubWlpcy5lZHU&amp;ctz=America\/Los_Angeles&amp;gsessionid=OK\">They&#8217;re recruiting this week, right here in Monterey at Middlebury College&#8217;s Monterey Institute of International Studies and its easy &#8211; &#8220;No reservations are required.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThis is much better than <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">James Bond<\/strong> stuff, because if you sign up &#8212; you could remotely pilot <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,682420,00.html\">Reaper and Predator drones from a computer at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada<\/a>, <strong>&#8220;collaterally damage&#8221; unarmed civilians (like grandmothers and children)<\/strong> halfway around the world (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/18\/world\/asia\/18pakistan.html?_r=1\">&#8220;C.I.A. Drones Kill Civilians in Pakistan)<\/a>, and get back home for a Saturday morning golf tee time at <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">Pebble Beach<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Or you could <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2007\/dec\/13\/usa.humanrights\">&#8220;body snatch&#8221;<\/a> random people &#8211; and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cia_torture\">waterboard<\/a> them in secret prisons in exotic places, thumb your nose at Geneva Conventions &#8212; and sneak in some sight-seeing after work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2213\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/AbuGhraibAbuse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2213\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2213\" title=\"Abu Ghraib Prisoner\" src=\"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/AbuGhraibAbuse.jpg\" alt=\"Abu Ghraib Prisoner\" width=\"220\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abu Ghraib Prisoner<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dick_Cheney\">Dick Cheney<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Pearl\">Richard Pearl<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Don_Rumsfeld\">Don Rumsfeld<\/a> hog all the War Crimes &#8211; you too can conduct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2010\/04\/07\/assassinations_2\/\">targeted assassinations<\/a>, &#8220;bump offs,&#8221; and maybe get indicted by some beautiful European countries.<\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t you inspired by George W. Bush, <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">Barack Obama<\/strong> and our hometown boy turned <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">CIA<\/strong> Chief Executioner and <b>Assassin\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/henderson\/2011\/05\/16\/is-leon-panetta-a-saint\u2014or-a-war-criminal\/\">Leon Panetta<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>and their <a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2011\/01\/02\/report-cia-drones-killed-over-2000-mostly-civilians-in-pakistan-since-2006\/\">military drones with rockets and bombs? <\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know, I know, <b>CIA drones have only killed 2,000 Pakistanis since 2006<\/b>. (and it is darned inconvenient they were mostly civilians, and yes you&#8217;re right, we aren&#8217;t technically at war with Pakistan), but still &#8211; YOU could help increase that total body count to even more impressive numbers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Uncle Darth Wants You\" src=\"http:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRDZ3g0ZM6Rcy1x8fPGITFJJAwDUWciV3yNIWR--fdezfDF-nph\" alt=\"Uncle Darth Wants You\" width=\"200\" height=\"252\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Uncle Darth Wants You<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>And they hand out free stuff at these recruiting sessions like a <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">CIA<\/strong> logo pen, logo carry bag and . . . (but I&#8217;ll save that for another article.)<\/p>\n<p>So put on your spiffiest suit, leave your morals and sense of humor at home, and get on down to Middlebury&#8217;s <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">MIIS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Uncle <del>Darth<\/del> Sam Wants <u>You<\/u> to Help Make this a Fear-Based World.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">Update March<\/strong> 2013: Not wanting to be left out <a title=\"NSA Welcome Workshop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miis.edu\/events?trumbaEmbed=date%3D20130309\">the NSA (super secret US government agency) put on an information forum for prospective employees at MIIS on March 9th, 2013 at Noon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Both three letter agencies now do this at MIIS every year !<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center>____________<\/center><br \/>\nReferences:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/18\/world\/asia\/18pakistan.html?_r=1\">&#8220;C.I.A. Drones Kill Civilians in Pakistan,&#8221; New York Times, March 2011)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/news\/politics\/war_room\/2011\/08\/12\/pakistan_drones_children\">Study: <strong>CIA drones strikes have killed 168 children<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2011\/01\/02\/report-cia-drones-killed-over-2000-mostly-civilians-in-pakistan-since-2006\/\">Report: CI<strong>A Drones Killed Over 2,000, Mostly Civilians<\/strong> in Pakistan Since 2006 &#8212; Three Quarters of Deaths in Two Years Since President Obama Took Office<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cia_torture\">Wikipedia article on CIA Kidnapping<\/a> (euphemistically called &#8220;Extraordinary Rendition&#8221;) and Torture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change\">Wikipedia article on CIA interference with Elections as recently as 2019 in Bolivia and Venezuela<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,682420,00.html\">How Drone Pilots Wage War &#8211; &#8220;War without the Sound&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/henderson\/2011\/05\/16\/is-leon-panetta-a-saint\u2014or-a-war-criminal\/\">Is Leon Panetta a Saint\u2014or a War Criminal?, by Dave Henderson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Obama Authorizes International Assassination Campaign<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2257\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/CIA-AD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2257\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2257\" title=\"CIA Recruiting Ad\" src=\"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/CIA-AD.jpg\" alt=\"CIA Recruiting Ad\" width=\"320\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/CIA-AD.jpg 320w, https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/CIA-AD-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">CIA<\/strong> Recruiting Ad on <strong>Monterey County Herald<\/strong> website<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I bet you didn&#8217;t know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montereyherald.com\/\">the Montereyhttps:\/\/www.salon.com\/2010\/04\/07\/assassinations_2\/ County Herald was advertising CIA Recruiting, this is an ad from 2010.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/news\/?articleid=2444\">Abu Grahib photos &#8211; WARNING !!! WARNING !!! these are the real photographs of prisoner abuse at Abu Grahib prison. They make some people physically sick.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2010\/04\/07\/assassinations_2\/\">Obama Authorizes International Assassination Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111007073649\/http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/secret-panel-put-americans-kill-list-041603267.html\">Secret panel can put Americans on &#8220;kill list&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160123140111\/http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national\/articles\/2009\/02\/05\/the-cia-and-nsa-want-you-to-be-their-friend-on-facebook\">The CIA and NSA Want You to Be Their Friend on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/cifamerica\/2011\/oct\/07\/cia-impunity-torture-tapes\">The CIA&#8217;s impunity on &#8216;torture tapes.&#8217; That the CIA could destroy its videotapes of 9\/11 conspirator interrogations without penalty is a shocking violation\u00a0 of democracy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes indeed folks. We both know times are tough. But, have you ever imagined yourself hired as James Bond? Have you thought about working for the CIA? Seriously. They&#8217;re hiring, they pay great, want smart people (who don&#8217;t ask questions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/cia-is-recruiting-right-here-in-river-city\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":12,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2190"}],"version-history":[{"count":137,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9482,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190\/revisions\/9482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}