The CIA has been having a tough time recruiting. See, The Slowly Changing Face of the CIA Spy

No longer do they want their typical applicant--the white, middle-class male. After the agency's
post-9/11 travel ban was lifted,

"Recruiters held 200 campus events in six months, and the agency increased its Internet advertising and spent nights and weekends interviewing applicants in its Northern Virginia recruitment headquarters, located in an industrial park with a false business name. It also began holding dozens of orientation sessions across the country..."

What does it take to be an operative these days? The job could be your's if you "pass the polygraph tests and interviews, accept a $45,000 to $60,000 annual salary, and are willing to live a lie."

How big is the demand? After Sept. 11, "the demand for clandestine operators increased 70 percent."

Who made the first cut? "a professional athlete, a former beer company spokesman, an actor, a trial lawyer, a Middle Eastern-born naturalized citizen, a former Navy SEAL, an Army Special Forces member and a Marine....Only 10 percent are second-generation immigrants who could possibly fit in Middle Eastern, East African or Asian societies."