11, 2001, private intelligence firms and security consultants have peeled away veterans from the top reaches of the CIA, hiring scores ... one former operations officer said.

The Central Intelligence Agency is a well-known ... process was that it was SO LONG," wrote one applicant for a staff operations officer position. "From the date of my initial application to ...

That still happens. But now there are YouTube videos like this one, featuring Frank, a staff operations officer. MYRE: Applications to work at the CIA shot up after the al-Qaida attacks in 2001.

WASHINGTON -- Just 13% of CIA employees speak ... among new and existing staff is a top priority. "I'd like to … get to a point where every analyst and operations officer is trained in a foreign ...