HOLY SHIT! AMERICA IS DOOMED BECAUSE THE CIA LACKS DIVERSITY

CIA Director John Brennan is “deeply concerned” that positions held at the upper levels of the intelligence agency do not reflect America

The political correctness police have struck again. This time their target was the CIA.

A yearlong study commissioned by the CIA and led by CIA advisory member Vernon Jordan, a longtime black civil rights activist, was highly critical of the lack of diversity at the upper levels of the CIA. The study, which was released Tuesday, found that:

The agency does not recognize the value of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, nor consistently promote an inclusive, “speak-up” culture where all opinions are heard, valued, and taken into account.

Agency leaders, managers and supervisors do not prioritize diversity in leadership. This fact is evident at the highest levels of the CIA, wherein the most senior positions - with few notable exceptions - are consistently occupied by white male career officers.

Cia Director John Brennan reacted to the study by telling reporters Tuesday that he was “deeply concerned” about the agency’s lack of diversity. “Without diversity we're not going to be able to do our job,” said Brennan. He vowed the CIA would redouble its efforts to recruit and promote minorities.

Brennan released the following statement:

Achieving that outcome is not only a matter of fairness and integrity, but one that is absolutely critical to CIA’s success. Given our global mission, no government agency stands to benefit more from diversity and inclusion than the CIA.

Excellence in foreign intelligence demands broad perspectives, both in our understanding of a complex world and in our approach to challenges and opportunities. Diversity - of thought, ethnicities, backgrounds, and experiences - is essential to CIA’s mission success, and we need it at every level of our enterprise.

Let’s see now. Non-whites (includes Hispanics) make up 30 percent of the general population. Minority employees make up 24 percent of the CIA workforce. 45 percent of CIA employees are women. Now, to me, that comes close to reflecting the diverse population of America.

It is true that with 10.8 percent minorities, the top ranks do not reflect the racial and ethnic diversities in America. There must be a good reason for the lack of diversity in the top ranks, and I do not believe it’s because of discrimination. I suspect the lower ranking minorities simply have not met the skills needed in the upper level positions.

Since its founding in 1947, the mission of the CIA has been to “preempt threats and further US national security objectives by collecting intelligence that matters, producing objective all-source analysis, conducting effective covert action as directed by the President, and safeguarding the secrets that help keep our Nation safe.”

That was then - when the CIA was founded - and this is now. According to Brennan, from now on, the mission of the CIA is to recruit and promote minorities. That will surely make our nation safer.

The CIA is not the New York or Los Angeles police force where diversity at the top is needed to deal with hostile minority communities. If diversity is needed at upper levels of the CIA, then it should consist of Chinese, Russians, Arabs and Iranians to deal with current worldwide threats to the security of the U.S.

Brennan’s statement is a crock of shit meant to appease the political correctness police. It would be nice if there were more ‘qualified’ minorities in upper level positions, but the gathering of intelligence is not dependent on whether whites, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, women or orangutans occupy the senior positions of the CIA. And you can take that to the bank!