They are "undercover". They have normal jobs and normal lives, but occasionally, get "tapped on the shoulder" and asked to help out.
Example: Fred is a technical salesman for a oil drilling equipment company. On a sales trip to Mauritania, he was given a side job from the agency, and debriefed when he got home. He is not paid for this work directly, but his career is "helped" by others like himself.
That's pretty weirdly honest. Are they saying those agents who work in those jobs do so openly as CIA, or undercover? WTF?
They are "undercover". They have normal jobs and normal lives, but occasionally, get "tapped on the shoulder" and asked to help out. Example: Fred is a technical salesman for a oil drilling equipment company. On a sales trip to Mauritania, he was given a side job from the agency, and debriefed when he got home. He is not paid for this work directly, but his career is "helped" by others like himself.
They pretty much admitted this back in 1975 at the hearings on the cia activity's right?