Are CIA agents allowed to be friends outside of the office?
Christopher Gorham: Agents are allowed to tell whomever they want that they work for the Agency. The reason that they don’t is because they might be putting those people in danger. They have actually quite a lot of freedom to tell whoever they want to tell. But they take their jobs really seriously, so, as far as romantic relationships, you actually have to get them cleared through the agency. You can date, but if things start to get serious, you have to put in an application. And, it’s funny because apparently, because it’s such a bureaucracy, many times you put in the application and by the time you hear back that you can or cannot date that person, you’ve already broken up with them. Like, it takes months, and the relationship is over. They do a very intense background check into these people to make sure that they’re not agents of another country. But it’s really fascinating. And that actually is something that we do explore during the show. Panel: Could you tell me something about
