CIA has no place at NYU

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by Lukas Keturi
Contributing Writer





On Thursday, representatives from the CIA will be speaking at the Stern School of Business to inform students about potential job opportunities. The event is part of a relationship the CIA has forged with NYU, along with the University of Texas - Pan American, in a new program to recruit college students. The agency has also hired an NYU marketing class for an ad campaign to "market the CIA as an employer of choice."

One ad the class has produced has the slogan, "CIA careers are more (fill in the blank) than you think," followed by words such as "dynamic," "fulfilling," and - I can't quite figure this one out - "family-oriented." Of course their job is to make their client look good, but it's downright Orwellian to portray the CIA in such a positive light, considering the agency has spent the past 60 years overthrowing and assassinating democratically elected leaders, propping up dictators, trafficking drugs and training death squads, torturers and terrorists around the world.

Probably more than any other government organization, the CIA's role is simply not discussed, aside from the rather vague job of "gathering intelligence" to "ensure national security." So let's go through a few CIA highlights to really illustrate its commitment to "freedom" and "democracy": <Mossadegh / Allende / Contras-Cocaine>

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[Harlequin]

1. NYU is a private university. They can encourage any sleaze they wish.

[struggle4progress]

3. Heaven forbid that NYU students should express any opinions, huh?

[Harlequin]

4. It would be interesting. I hope there's some demonstration around it.

[Harlequin]

2. NYU is a private university & can encourage any brand of sleaze they wish.