That’s how we need to be.
I use a flip phone, and I’ve never sent a text message in my life.
Hanson isn’t advising adopting the hyper-vigilant lifestyle of spies in war zonesjust basic situational awareness.
One time I was almost kidnapped," Hanson said.
They look at me.
I look at them.
Well, as soon as I saw that, I turned the other way and took off running.
Listen, you donotwant to be in a fight, Hanson said.
Fighting is a last resort.
If you see that creeper ahead, you go in the other direction and avoid [them]."
Should you carry a weapon?
If you cant or wont carry a gun, Hanson recommends a tactical pen.
I carry one every single day, it’s a regular writing pen.
But it’s made of a much harder metal.
It’s perfectly legal.
Somebody I’ve worked with has a great saying: CIA officers are the world’s best salespeople.
The only difference is, you sell vacuums, and we sell treason," Hanson said.
Observing and paying attention to your colleagues, which is spying one-on-one, it’s super easy to do.
Julie over there loves Diet Coke, and one day, you bring her a Diet Coke.
Phil loves baseball, so you bring him a Red Sox cap for his birthday.
Hanson has an easy-to-use, presumably CIA-developed technique to turn yourself into a human lie detector.
“As human beings, were just not born to lie …
But if I’m lying to you, I may be like, can you repeat the question?
I had the same concern.
He looks the part, and talks a good game, but he could be a fake.
Sadly, he didnt prove that I amactuallythe master interrogator by freezing up and starting to stammer.
How do you join the CIA?
Most people get into theCIA by applying on the website.
