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Aren there restrictions on CIAs recruitment of criminals and other unsavory characters?

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Aren there restrictions on CIAs recruitment of criminals and other unsavory characters?

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The CIA has not been constrained from recruiting individuals with unsavory backgrounds. Whereas previous guidelines simply required field officers to obtain prior CIA Headquarters approval before establishing a relationship with an individual who has committed serious crimes, human rights abuses, or other repugnant acts, those guidelines have been changed to allow field officers greater latitude in making such decisions. CIA officers may now establish a relationship with such individuals without seeking prior CIA Headquarters approval, where there is a reasonable likelihood that those individuals have access to threat information of importance to the United States or its allies. Authority to approve the establishment of such relationships has been delegated to CIA field managers, but provisions to keep CIA Headquarters informed of such decisions remain in effect. The greatest challenge is to penetrate the terrorist networks themselves. This effort requires an extensive analytic effort

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