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Subject: CIA Special Activities Division
Rebanonjin    3/28/2005 2:53:33 AM
I was wondering if any of you know about this DO division. Here is what I know: Recruits from SFOD-D, Seals and most other SF. You need to be an educated individual with combat service preferably abroad and be multilingual,have good writing skills and convince them you'll take all levels of crap for the US and that you can keep your mouth shut, Foreign travel and more stuff. John M. Spann was a member. What I want to know is if these people are the CIA's version of Special Forces or are they more like a Jason Bourne. I ask this because I read a story about 1 SAD operative who in the first Gulf War infiltrated Kuwait (under Iraqi occupation) and retrieved sensitive material from the US Embassy ALL BY HIMSELF. SEVERAL TIMES. It doesn't sound like something a single Special Forces or Seal member would be assinged. How would someone like this be trained? Is the CIA SAD just a Spec ops unit that has the advantage of not following military protocol or is it far more specialized than military spec ops.
 
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longrifle       8/19/2007 11:34:03 PM
The following books appear to give an insight: See No Evil, by Robert Baer; Jawbreaker, by Gary Berntsen; First In, by Gary Schroen.

I juat started See No Evil.  The others are on my list.

 
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GOP       8/20/2007 4:26:19 AM
^I've read all 3. Great books, I especially liked "Jaw Breaker".
 
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