The CIA in Iraq

Billmon has a great post on the turnover of agents in Iraq:

Violence, Turnover Blunt CIA Effort in Iraq To meet the demand for additional personnel, the CIA has turned to its reserves -- retirees who are willing to come back full time on short notice -- to fill many positions. To coax more people into the dangerous assignment, many officers and support staff are being rotated out of Iraq after 90-day stints. Boy, I bet you can learn a lot about a complex, fragmented Middle Eastern country like Iraq in 90 days -- even if you don't speak Arabic.

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