Why Are Supporters Of Hamas, Hezbollah, And al Qaeda Applying To Work For The CIA?

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia (Reuters / Larry Downing)

CIA Finds 1 In 5 Flagged Job Applicants Hail From Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda -- Washington Times

An estimated one-fifth of a subset of all applicants for Central Intelligence Agency positions had significant ties to the terror groups Hamas, Hezbollah and al Qaeda, a newly released document from the Edward Snowden collection revealed Monday.

The document — released by Mr. Snowden as part of his National Security Agency intelligence dump — said the terrorist groups worked hard to infiltrate America’s top security agencies. CIA officials uncovered thousands of applicants, roughly one in five of a subset, with “significant terrorist and/or hostile intelligence connections,” the document states, as Ynet News reported.

The specifics of those ties were not revealed, but the groups most often cited as attempting to infiltrate the U.S. intelligence network were al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah.

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