NSA is using TV for Recruiting

Posted by Jim Stroud

October 25, 2006

The U.S. National Security Agency is targeting its recruiting efforts at viewers of TV’s most popular dramatic series, “Lost” and “CSI,” according to a wire services report.

The story cites a Baltimore Sun report showing an “overwhelmingly” response to NSA help-wanted ads aired in the Washington-Baltimore market during the two shows this fall, including “thousands of hits” to the agency’s website. Although it finds it “obvious” why the NSA chose the forensic crime-solving “CSI” as a staging area, it speculates about the more curious choice of “Lost,” quoting a CIA officer as noting the show reaches an “audience that’s interested in problem-solving and thinking differently.”

The NSA seeks recent college graduates and high-tech industry employees with skills in computer science, languages, engineering, and math, according to the article. - ST

SOURCE: NSA USING TV FOR RECRUITING

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