Agent Blogger

by | Mar 17, 2008


The Israeli secret service has launched a blog written by four of its agents. According to the BBC the agents discuss how they were recruited, and what sort of work they perform; they also answer questions sent in by members of the public. The blog is part of a recruitment drive with one agent claiming that the service ‘offered her a better work-life balance than her previous job in the private sector.’

Sadly for wannabe spies the agents also debunk a myriad of myths. They don’t work in a basement or spend the day wearing earpieces and don’t get to have flashing blue lights for their cars but have to sit in traffic jams like everyone else.

Not very exciting is it?

Author

  • Charlie Edwards

    Charlie Edwards is Director of National Security and Resilience Studies at the Royal United Services Institute. Prior to RUSI he was a Research Leader at the RAND Corporation focusing on Defence and Security where he conducted research and analysis on a broad range of subject areas including: the evaluation and implementation of counter-violent extremism programmes in Europe and Africa, UK cyber strategy, European emergency management, and the role of the internet in the process of radicalisation. He has undertaken fieldwork in Iraq, Somalia, and the wider Horn of Africa region.

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