Seems that when people are lucky, they're lucky all the way. The New York Post
reports that the CIA
is looking to hire investment bankers, analysts and other financial gurus "to
help President Obama pick up the pieces -- and also catch a few millionaire
terrorists."
According to the Post, the spy agency started advertising the jobs on Bloomberg
Radio at a salary of no less than $160,000. While this may be a pay cut for many of them,
even a "huge" one for some, it's quite a generous salary for a public sector
employee.
If you've been recently fired from a Wall Street job (I doubt those still employed
would be interested in this paltry salary) and wanted to serve your country, you can also
email your information to the CIA. But do it quickly as "private interviews are set
for June 22 at a secret Manhattan location."
With the government taking over companies and having to deal with an economic crisis
unlike anything the country has experienced since World War II, it would make sense to
hire experts to deal with it. But why is the CIA doing the hiring rather than another
government agency directly involved in the recovery efforts?
Other than helping the administration with the crisis, these financial whizzes could also
help the spy agency when it tries to find what Afghan drug traffickers do with their
money, or which "economies are the most vulnerable to manipulation."
The real question though is about the nature and character of these potential CIA
recruits. Aren't these the same people most Americans blame for creating this crisis in
the first place? Can these greedy people who have demonstrated nothing but the love of
their own hide and who have always put themselves first actually be able to serve the
country? Especially in a capacity that might require selfless sacrifices?
I dare say Bear Stearns' Gary
Reback is no Jack Bauer; I doubt any of them are. And the term '$pooks' is actually
spooky. (5.28.2009, Melly
Alazraki) http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/05/28/cia-seeking-investment-banker-spooks