CIA: MORE THAN JUST A JOB...

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000100570009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 17, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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VIEWPOINT L
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
HARRISONBURG VA
17 November 1983
CIA:. More t.ha
Lost
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Found
TIM ARNOLD
The Central Intelligence Agency is recruiting one But Liddy is probably most - famous for, in-
campus this week and beady-eyed men in txen-, timidating one of his detractors by saying, "in a 1.
chcoats are popping up all over campus. Don't be battle of wits, ,you'd be unarmed." Hey, is Liddy
surprised if you see someone on campus talking in- clever, or what?
to his lapel or taking candy from babies, because But.I've got new for you, G-baby, in -a battle of:
these guys mean business.. ' personality, you couldn't gbt out of basLc training.
CIA. Those three letters conjur up visions of the would you' want your 'sister to go out with this
Bay of Pigs, Chile, Richard Nixon, and G. Gordon
Ll You remember Liddy - the G stands for Guts. But,Liddy isn't the only example of the brilliant
Liddy is the former CIA agent who helped master= 4`mtelhgence" work of the CIA. Take the Bay of'
mind the Watergate break-ins. Since Liddy-is the .Pigs incident, for example.
cream of the crop as far as CIA agents go, any CIA In 1961,with th:ieelp of a bunch of CIA guys,
hopefuls on campus should take a look at what a about 1,200 Cuban exiles- invaded Cuba in motor-
fun guy he is. 1 boats. Naturally; itfailed miserably, and the Com-.
P. while back, Liddy spoke at JMU on topics like munists:bad more ammunition for generating pro-
Watergate, world politics, and great ways to ' serve' ~ "paganda:
rat at your next dinner party.
.Commies - .1, CIA - 0. -
And they're still losing. to all of you considering
the CIA fora "career; go ahead.
Go ahead if you like guys like CIA poster-boy
0. Gordon Liddy, or if you're a voyeur that enjoys
videotaping the sexual'-follies of third-rate
Yes, that's right, as proof of his fearlessness,
Liddy once cooked a rat and ate it. Well, you know
what they say, you are what you eat.
And another time, Liddy - the G also stands
for Gross - held his hand over an open candle
flame to prove what a macho guy-he is. If his band diplomats.' If you -like spying on your fellow
because they saw the movie "Reds"
was well done, I wonder if he nibbled on his ringers dtuzeps, j
too? more than once,.go'ahead .and join up. _
:It's not just;a it's,tncons Itutional.
Once, Liddy allegedly wanted'to spike the coffee
of liberal columnist Jack Anderson with LSD, ??
before Anderson went on a TV talk show, You
know, I bet. it would be great to party'_with. this
guy.
STAT
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