Umm…I work the Government

Down here in The Swamp, it’s a good bet that at least half the people you meet work for the Government. Most of those people, when pressed, have no issue stating where exactly they work. For example: GAO, State, DoD, FBI etc… There is however one specific breed of Government worker that mystifies me: The CIA Employee.

I have yet to meet someone who works for the CIA who will straight up admit to it. Now, if you were a spy a la Valerie Plame then you would of course have a kitten when someone finds out you work for the CIA. That is a major National Security violation, and the CIA puts effort into keeping you secret. If you are an analyst, you do not need to keep this info a secret. Here is the secret, pretty much everyone already knows where you work…you are not secret agents, your analysts.

Obviously, you can’t talk about what projects you work on, who you see, classified materials etc… Come on people; you can at least admit you work for the CIA. Now, whenever anyone is too slow telling me where they work, The Frogger Girl knows they work for the CIA. It is only CIA people who say, “I work for the Government” with no clarification. Don’t you love The Swamp?