Somewhat anomalously for a corporate lawyer, you are touchingly naive. This isn't a lodestone for idealists -- such as the Peace Corps -- that we're talking about. This is the CIA, a magnet for sly, secretive sorts who enjoy playing evil games. Wake up and smell the intrigue, counsellor.
Carl
> > Be they dullards or comic book heroes, people who
> > who want to be spies
> > axiomatically have a tenuous and malign grasp of
> > reality. They aren't
> > scholars interesting in amassing knowledge about
> > different peoples that
> > bridges cultural gaps in any productive way. They
> > are people eager to
> > weaponize information and advance imperial causes.
> > Since they spend their
> > entire lives in disguise, it's not at all surprising
> > that they come across
> > as "mostly pleasant" -- that's what being a
> > psychopath is all about. They
> > are the devil's henchmen.
> >
> > Carl