Federal LEO or Other Jobs for Unfazeable Killer in 1953

acrosome · 10-12-2024, 09:10 PM

The Ivy League snobbery was to be a CIA agent, not for every position. And I don't think the 50s CIA was as snobby as the OSS had been.

So how about the CIA's paramilitary Special Activities Division, which was established 1947? Now they would want killers, and they need not be college educated the way that an agent would have to be. Basically, it's the CIA's special forces. They dropped teams into Chinese occupied Tibet to train the Tibetan resistance in the 50s- now that's hard core. And they may have been there through the early 70s. SAD engaged in some shenanigans during the Korean War, too, which is what MACV-SOG was later modeled upon. SAD paramilitary officers led the first landings at the Bay of Pigs, too.

Nowadays it is called the Special Activities Center (and has occasionally been referred to as "Ground Branch") and it recruits from elite US military units. And nowadays it requires a bachelor's degree, but I doubt that it had always.

Look up the Office of Policy Coordination, too. (Though I think it was called the Directorate of Plans as of 1952.) But the OPC was active during the Korean War, so someone important might have noticed Tony there.

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acrosome Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Land of Enchantment	Re: Federal LEO or Other Jobs for Unfazeable Killer in 1953 The Ivy League snobbery was to be a CIA agent, not for every position. And I don't think the 50s CIA was as snobby as the OSS had been. So how about the CIA's paramilitary Special Activities Division, which was established 1947? Now they would want killers, and they need not be college educated the way that an agent would have to be. Basically, it's the CIA's special forces. They dropped teams into Chinese occupied Tibet to train the Tibetan resistance in the 50s- now that's hard core. And they may have been there through the early 70s. SAD engaged in some shenanigans during the Korean War, too, which is what MACV-SOG was later modeled upon. SAD paramilitary officers led the first landings at the Bay of Pigs, too. Nowadays it is called the Special Activities Center (and has occasionally been referred to as "Ground Branch") and it recruits from elite US military units. And nowadays it requires a bachelor's degree, but I doubt that it had always. Look up the Office of Policy Coordination, too. (Though I think it was called the Directorate of Plans as of 1952.) But the OPC was active during the Korean War, so someone important might have noticed Tony there. __________________ I'd need to get a grant and go shoot a thousand goats to figure it out. Last edited by acrosome; 10-12-2024 at 09:40 PM.