Espionage
Former CIA Officer Reveals Agency Recruits People with Moral Flexibility for Field Operations
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Ex-CIA: Most People Don't Know They Already Qualify for CIA Recruitment
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"There are many, many people who are very good naturally at lying, and they are morally flexible by nature. That's just their psychology. CIA recruits for the kind of job that I do, and I am that kind of person. I am that morally flexible person. I don't want to hit you, but if you threaten my child, I will hit you."
A former CIA field operative discloses that the agency specifically seeks individuals with moral flexibility for covert roles, meaning people who can adjust their ethical boundaries based on circumstances. The officer admits to personally embodying this trait and provides an example of driving past a serious car accident without stopping to help because he was traveling under a false identity and could not risk police documentation.
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