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The Handler

I Spy

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Recruiting and Handling Sources in the C I A

When she first went to work for the CIA, her bosses told her she wasn't good enough. She was trained in tradecraft but then had to go out into the field and recruit people as sources. The agency funnelled women into that one role, men into the other,. It wasn't a question of your skills or your experts or your linguistic abilities - it was simply gender.

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