Even at this early stage in his career, Mr. Prado embodied what today’s CIA leaders seek in new recruits: “We look for commonsense problem-solvers," CIA Deputy Director of Operations Dave Marlowe noted in a recent fireside chat at Vanderbilt University, candidates “who can take your thinking and apply it in real-world situations, often on their own, and make significant decisions of great importance.”
CIA officer Ric Prado's stellar career still inspires agents today
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Last November, CIA Deputy Director for Operations Dave Marlowe told an audience at George Mason University that the CIA was “open for business” and “looking around the world for Russians who are as disgusted with [the invasion] as we are.”
President Kennedy's call, 'let them come to Berlin,' still has lessons to teach 60 years later
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