Canadians lining up to join spy agency

[Yrys]

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/213181

CSIS goes on hiring blitz, recruits 100 new officers from pool of 14,000

OTTAWA–Maybe it was the shock of 9/11. Maybe it is the reality of Canadians dying in the "war on terror" or charges against so-called "home-grown" terrorists.

Or maybe it's stronger recruiting efforts by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), including outreach in ethnic communities.

Whatever the motivation, more and more Canadians are lining up to become spies, the agency says.

Last year, more than 14,500 people submitted applications for jobs in CSIS.

Of that number, CSIS hired 100 as "intelligence officers" – or spies.

"Is 100 all you needed or all you were able to find?" Senator Tommy Banks recently asked CSIS director Jim Judd.

"It was actually more than we needed," Judd told the standing committee on national defence and security.

 

[wildman0101]

cool allways liked that sneek and peek stuff,,,
good on em
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                  best reagrds,,,
                            scoty b

 

[NL_engineer]

I wonder how many of those 14,000 people thought that they were signing up to be James Bond  ;D.

 

[Mike Baker]

I wonder how many of those 14,000 people thought that they were signing up to be James Bond  ;D.

You mean I can't be the new Bond? 

 

[rw4th]

You can be a Canadian James Bond just keep in mind that instead of driving an Austin Martin and wearing a tuxedo, he rides a bicycle and wears a tweed sport coat 

 

[Mike Baker]

Better then nothing I guess 

 

[stealthylizard]

I work with someone that supposedly tried to join CSIS a few years ago.  Some interesting tales.  Anyways, he said the part most people fail on is linguistics.  I guess they take a "fake" language, and see if the applicant can study it, and being able to see word patterns, and structure, decipher the basis of the what the language is saying.  It would be interesting, but I will stick with being a part of the visible defence network.

 

[Greymatters]

You can be a Canadian James Bond just keep in mind that instead of driving an Austin Martin and wearing a tuxedo, he rides a bicycle and wears a tweed sport coat 

More like riding a bus and wearing a khaki safari suit...

 

[FredDaHead]

I work with someone that supposedly tried to join CSIS a few years ago.  Some interesting tales.  Anyways, he said the part most people fail on is linguistics.  I guess they take a "fake" language, and see if the applicant can study it, and being able to see word patterns, and structure, decipher the basis of the what the language is saying.  It would be interesting, but I will stick with being a part of the visible defence network.

Do you reckon they use Orcish, Elvish or do they go with the more classic Klingon?  ;D

 

[Yrys]

I don't think they go for Klingon, too classic, there is even a dictionnary for it...

 

[FredDaHead]

I don't think they go for Klingon, too classic, there is even a dictionnary for it...

Sadly, I'm sure there are also dictionaries for Elvish and Orcish... LOTR geeks are much stupider than Trekkies. (Read: LOTR geeks will buy anything; Trekkies demand quality and some kind of usefulness) Besides, LOTR is popular these days, and I'd postulate that those who have delusions of being the next James Bond also have delusions of Orcish being a useful language to know.

 

[Greymatters]

Anyways, he said the part most people fail on is linguistics.  I guess they take a "fake" language, and see if the applicant can study it, and being able to see word patterns, and structure, decipher the basis of the what the language is saying. 

If its the one I think your friend is refering to, it is not a 'language test', it's a 'language aptitude test', which is a bit different. 

 

[guns_and_roses]

I just researched on the agency and it has to do with everything I like. Maybe I look into it more. Just one question, is this the Canadian CIA.

 

[aesop081]

I just researched on the agency and it has to do with everything I like. Maybe I look into it more. Just one question, is this the Canadian CIA.

Wow, i'm having a hard time keeping track of what you want to do in life.......

 

[benny88]

Just one question, is this the Canadian CIA.

   Who gives a damn? Even if you were to join the actual CIA, I can assure you it's nothing like the movies. Get over the Look Cool Factor. You said:

I just researched on the agency and it has to do with everything I like.

   So why do you care what American agency it's most like?

Edited for wacky quote box

 

[aesop081]

I just researched on the agency ......................... is this the Canadian CIA.

A one minute look at the agency's official website would have given you a good idea what the agency does.

 

[Yrys]

I'm can assure you it's nothing like the movies. Get over the Look Cool Factor.

Proof in point :
Israel's Shin Bet launches blog - BBC News, Jerusalem

 

[guns_and_roses]

Cool factor? Whatever that is OK, but the reason I like what I had seen is it offers travel, a chance to look into different terrorist groups, help defend my country, the chance to work with other foreign agencies, etc...

BTW I'm old enough to realize that Hollywood is Hollywood, and not real life.

 

[benny88]

Cool factor? Whatever that is OK, but the reason I like what I had seen is it offers travel, a chance to look into different terrorist groups, help defend my country, the chance to work with other foreign agencies, etc...

BTW I'm old enough to realize that Hollywood is Hollywood, and not real life.

  

  I'm not trying to discourage you from joining the CSIS, I was just pointing out that if you were interested in it, it shouldn't matter how it stacks up against CIA.

 

[guns_and_roses]

I didn't ask how it stacked up, I wanted to know if it was the same thing as the CIA, because I like the idea of working with them.