How could I get a job in espionage?
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My friend is about to apply for MI6. I think they prefer someone with a degree but I think someone with skills such as languages like you would be taken on anyway.\n\nBut here are some links for you to look at.\n\nhttp://www.sis.gov.uk/output/Page4.html\n\nhttp://www.mi5careers.co.uk/pages/homepage.asp
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I'm sure there are many different ways to get your foot in the door, but I will give you one path that I think is reasonably solid.\n\nFirst, it's really important that you can be trusted and that your loyalty is unquestionable.  Previous military service helps with this.  If you were/are in the military have combat and weapons experience this is a big plus.  With this you are automatically given a higher security clearance.\n\nThe other thing that would help you a great deal is knowing multiple languages fluently or have a demonstrated capacity to learn languages quickly.  This is also a big plus.\n\nFinally, apply for a job at the CIA, NSA, State Department or Military intelligence.  Being intelligent and demonstrating good reasoning and creative problem solving is a big part of this.  If they're going to put you out in the field in the lion's den they want to know that you can handle yourself so if you are a timid, weak, and generally stupid you're not going to get the sensitive jobs.\n\nPersonally I would love to work for the State Department Foreign Service and plan to take the exam in a  year or so.  However, I would not want to be involved in any espionage as I think it is extremely dangerous.\n\nMy opinion on the CIA, FSB (formerly KGB), MI6 and similar organizations is that they are necessary to maintain national security for their respective countries.  The CIA of today seems to be relatively weak and incompetent compared to its days in the Cold War.  However, it may just be the public front for an ultra-secret agency operating in the background similar to the GRU in Soviet era.  The GRU was so secretive that even KGB agents didn't know it existed.\n\nAnyways it's exciting and interesting to think about, but it's not for me.\n\nIf you like this kind of thing read the following book:\n\nSpy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer : The True Story of the Man Who Recruited Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames\nby Victor Cherkashin
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Actually they have a lot to with national security.\n\nTo what degree has the Foreign Service been penetrated by career intelligence officers? To a very considerable degree. Roughly three out of five supposedly State Department employees working abroad are in fact CIA officers. The number of young university and college graduates recruited by the CIA is steadily rising and now stands at more than 800 annually. In the last ten years, 7500 such graduates have been recruited and trained as intelligence officers at educational institutions like the CIA Camp Peary Training Center, the Foreign Service* Institute, and the National Intelligence Academy. The number is almost half of the entire CIA personnel working at Langley and at its stations abroad. \n\n\nAnd George Tenet just joined the School of F.S.
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pretty simple.  Go to a recruitment center and sign up.   Becasue of your degree you might qualify for officer school.
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Having an undergraduate degree is not mandatory, but is highly recommended. Life experiences are taken into consideration. However, a standard requirement for overseas officers, intelligence analysts, and other non-clerical positions is a college degree, preferably an advanced degree.\n\nhttp://www.cia.gov/employment/faq.html#m1\n\nBasic Requirements for All CIA Positions\nBefore seeking any position with the CIA, you should know that the following requirements will apply: \n\nU.S. Citizenship is required. The CIA does not assist individuals in applying for US citizenship. \n\nSuccessful completion of a thorough medical examination, a polygraph interview and an extensive background investigation\n\n\nFor more information visit http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa071899.htm and http://federaljobs.net/ciajobs.htm
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join the CIA\n\nor join the white house staff team
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I know from experience that many of the employees of the Department of Homeland Security working in the Law Enforcement capacity have a military background, and many have MP experience. As far as local L.E. agencies, I believe it would also help your chances there. \n\nIf you think that becoming a Federal Agent appeals to you, then look into applying for a job with one of those agancies. There are many different fields you can go into - National Park Rangers, Capitol Police, INS, BOP, Border Patrol, Park Police, Marshals, etc. The pay, promotional opportunities and benefits are much better than they are in many local and state agencies. \n\nDepending on the amount of experience you have had as an MP, you may also be able to get a job as an instructor for L.E. agencies teaching physical techniques, tactics, firearms, or whatever else you are trained to do.\n\nThat being said, every level of law enforcement varies slightly in the details of the procedures that are used in those same areas - physical techniqies, tactics, and behavioral studies (like interviewing or interrogation techniques). You will have to learn about the way things are done with whatever LE agency you get a job for. College is also a requirement for many DHS jobs.
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http://www.cronyjobs.com\n\nIf you are willing to bomb civilians look here
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The best way to become a CIA agent is to go to the website in my sources. They will pay for your education if you can get the scholarship. All you need is a minimum of a 3.0 GPA and be able to speak English clearly. Based on the lower level job you are placed in you would have to get a degree in that. So basically as long as you are committed to finishing school you can go into the CIA with a high school diploma. They will require all of your summers to be spent working for them. Have fun.
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Visit these FBI-related websites to learn about employment opportunities with the FBI:\n\nhttp://www.fbi.gov/employment/employ.htm\nhttps://www.fbijobs.gov/
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They'll ask you! Normally at University where you are studying a 'useful' foreign language or  PPE (Politics, Philosophy, Economics). You will also need to be a UK national (3 generations), have no convictions (criminal not political), be able to pass a 'simple' assessment test and be able to KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT! It's not easy but it might just be fun! Forget '007', 'Spooks' comes closer!
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) lists open positions on their careers webpage at http://www.cia.gov/employment/
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If you are looking to be a special agent, you have to have a bachelor degree. You will not be looked at otherwise, regardless of your IQ score. The majority of the other positions require degrees as well. The only way that you could bypass this academic prerequisite would be to have served in the armed services (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, etc) or to have many years as a police officer. The best option for you would be to enroll in school or sign up with the police. You have to consider the fact that there will be people out there that, while they may not have all the special skills that you have, will have a degree or two, and this would bump you out of the running. For instance, I have 2 degrees, 2 minors, and 2 memberships in national honorary societies.....though I only have to meet 1 of 3 criteria to go in at the GS level that I want, I meet all 3. So, if you and I were going up for the same position, I would most likely be the person that gets the job, because I meet all the requirements. So, like I said before, if you want to work in a position of high importance (meaning something that you need security clearance for), you're going to have to go get a degree or enlist in the services or work in a police dept. for a while. Good luck!\n\n\n\nAlso, you do not need to necessarily have a degree in Criminal Justice. Any bachelor degree will suffice, but there are specific fields of study that are in high demand right now. You can go to www.fbi.gov to get this information.
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being british would be a good start. but Mi6 is a SECRET INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. hence most of what they do is SECRET. get the picture?
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Contact British govt. They need spies in Germany.
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The truly only way to get such a job would be to get an internship at a news station.  Then once you get your foot in the door you can make friends with the camera guys since most news stations have their own choppers now.  Then you'll have your foot in the door, experience, and you'll be a shoe-in.
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It depends on where you go to school (no, I'm not talking about education, keep reading) and where you want to work.  Schools and employers have various standards on who gets to join them.  For example, if you have a criminal record, it would be more difficult to get a job building fighter jets, since security clearances would be required.\n\nI would recommend contacting some schools (admission offices and engineering departments), as well as some employers (Martin/Lockheed, NASA, Boeing, etc.) to find out what they are looking for, this will help you set your path early on.  Also, I would contact them again every couple of years, things do change sometimes.\n\nGood Luck!