CIA Training, Recruiting Initiatives Highlight Intelligence Workforce Woes

[Francis Hult]

Examiner.com

 

CIA Training, Recruiting Initiatives Highlight Intelligence Workforce Woes

 

Putting out fires left over from Bush-era intelligence adventures isn't the only problem on CIA Director Leon Panneta's plate. New language training and hiring initiatives aim to build a 21st century workforce and shore up neglected capabilities. But will these initiatives be enough to undo intelligence workforce problems decades in the making?

 

Last month, Panetta announced a new in-house language-training program intended to double the number of foreign language speakers in CIA's workforce. A mere 30 percent of CIA's overseas clandestine service officers are fluent in foreign languages.

 

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http://www.examiner.com/x-13426-CIA-Examiner~y2009m6d26-CIA-Training-Recruiting-Initiatives-Highlight-Intelligence-Workforce-Woes

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