Have you friended the CIA?

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<p>From Chronicle of Higher education</p>

<p>*CIA Uses Facebook as a Recruiting Tool</p>

<p>Struggling to convince students that Facebook is a public Web site, not a clubhouse for undergrads? Try pointing out that the Central Intelligence Agency now has its own page on the social network.</p>

<p>To be fair, the CIA isn’t using its Facebook page (registration required) to snoop on students. The agency is actually trying to recruit young men and women for its National Clandestine Service — “an elite corps, providing vital information needed by US policymakers, the military and law enforcement services to protect the national security interests of the American people.”</p>

<p>The CIA’s outreach seems to be working: Since it opened its Facebook group in December (organizations and businesses aren’t allowed to create their own personal profiles), more than 2,500 students have joined. —Brock Read*</p>

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<p>I have =P</p>

<p>but to be fair, it’s just really a page that says “go to our website”.</p>

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<p>I havent looked- I don’t have facebook- but I thought that was linked to schools? maybe that was something else</p>

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<p>The CIA does have a .edu link</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.ciachef.edu/california/[/url]”>http://www.ciachef.edu/california/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Here’s one of their secret locations:</p>

<p>Nestled in the heart of the Napa Valley, just two hours north of San Francisco, is The Culinary Institute of America’s West Coast campus. Since 1995, the CIA at Greystone has provided continuing education opportunities and career development programs for food, wine and hospitality.</p>

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<p>facebook is now open to anyone. You can choose to belong to a “network” based on a geographical region or school, or no network at all.</p>