{"id":470484,"date":"2021-05-04T10:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T14:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=470484"},"modified":"2021-05-04T10:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T14:50:48","slug":"the-fbis-woke-undertakings-have-repeatedly-failed-our-nation-the-cia-is-quickly-following-their-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-fbis-woke-undertakings-have-repeatedly-failed-our-nation-the-cia-is-quickly-following-their-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"The FBI\u2019s Woke Undertakings Have Repeatedly Failed Our Nation. The CIA Is Quickly Following Their Lead."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-fbis-woke-undertakings-have-repeatedly-failed-our-nation-the-cia-is-quickly-following-their-lead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=470484&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1059192450.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Over the last decade, America\u2019s intelligence community has focused on diversifying their workforce, purportedly in an effort to foster inclusion and match the nation\u2019s demographic makeup. <\/span><span>While this might sounds great in theory, it\u2019s horrible in practice. Our intelligence community is focusing on trivial matters, like what gender or race an officer or agent is. And when they do that, the people who suffer the most are average Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2016, then-FBI Director James Comey said his agency was dealing with a \u201ccrisis\u201d because 83% of the agents were white.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have a crisis in the FBI and it is this: Slowly but steadily over the last decade or more, the percentage of special agents in the FBI who are white has been growing,\u2019\u2019 Comey said, according to a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/fbi-director-comey-calls-agencys-lack-of-diversity-a-crisis-1468426138\"> <span>Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/a><span> report at the time. \u201cI will have failed if I don\u2019t change this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The agency launched the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbijobs.gov\/career-paths\/special-agents\/diversity-agent-recruitment-program\"><span>Diversity Agency Recruitment Program<\/span><\/a><span> (DAR), aimed at recruiting more women and people of color. Through this program, Agents hold invite-only events in cities across the nation to introduce potential recruits to life in the agency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Even with this program in place, a Department of Justice inspector general report from October 2019 found the agency did little to actually increase diversity in their ranks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAccording to [the Office of Personnel Management], law enforcement is an area where there is a critical need for civil servants who look like the people and communities they serve,\u201d the report stated, according to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govexec.com\/workforce\/2020\/02\/fbi-has-failed-move-needle-diversity-over-past-decade-despite-efforts-recent-directors\/163127\/\"> <span>Government Executive.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Data from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/745497\/number-of-fbi-employees-by-gender\/\"><span>Office of Personnel Management <\/span><\/a><span>found little change between FBI demographics from December of 2009 to March of 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In December of 2009, 75% of the entire FBI workforce was white, compared to 74.4% in March of 2019. The number of men in the agency in December of 2009 was 56.1%, compared to 55.6% in March of 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Instead of focusing on national security and protecting our nation, the FBI continues to engage in performative initiatives like this. They\u2019re busy bowing to the woke mob who demands their workforce be diverse enough to meet the radical left\u2019s standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The FBI is so busy working to diversify their staff that they run the risk of failing to perform their <\/span><i><span>actual <\/span><\/i><span>job, which is to protect Americans and our national interests. They want to hold up a piece of paper and say, \u201cWe have so many people of color and women in our agency! It\u2019s a great honor!\u201d It\u2019s as if they\u2019re forgetting their <\/span><span>entire <\/span><span>purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To make matters even worse, the CIA is now following the FBI\u2019s footsteps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAt the CIA, we are striving to build a workforce that reflects the world in which we live and a workplace where all voices are heard, respected, and valued. Our national security mission demands a broad range of perspectives, ethnicities, backgrounds, and experiences,\u201d the agency\u2019s website <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/careers\/working-at-cia\/diversity\/\"><span>states<\/span><\/a><span>. <\/span><span>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen how an inclusive culture fosters new ideas, inspires innovation, and leads to success. At CIA, we don\u2019t just leverage diversity, equity, and inclusion; we embrace and celebrate it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Earlier this week, the CIA <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-cia-releases-woke-recruitment-video-encouraging-americans-to-command-their-space\"><span>unveiled a woke recruitment video<\/span><\/a><span> encouraging Americans to \u201ccommand\u201d their \u201cspace.\u201d The ad features a Latina CIA agent who is the daughter of immigrants. Instead of focusing on the experience which makes her qualified for the job, the agency focuses on using her to check off their various diversity boxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI am a woman of color. I am a mom. I am a cis-gendered Millennial who has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder,\u201d the CIA official said. \u201cI am intersectional, but my existence is not a box-checking exercise. I am a walking declaration, a woman whose inflection does not rise at the end of her sentences, suggesting that a question has been asked.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the woman, she earned her position at the CIA and it wasn\u2019t the result of \u201ccracks in the system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI used to struggle with imposter syndrome, but at 36, I refuse to internalize misguided, patriarchal ideas of what a woman can or should be. I am tired of feeling like I\u2019m supposed to apologize for the space I occupy rather than intoxicate people with my effort, my brilliance,\u201d she said. \u201cI am proud of me, full stop. My parents left everything they knew and loved to expose me to opportunities they never had. Because of them, I stand here today a proud first-generation Latina and officer at CIA.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The United States\u2019 intelligence agencies are wasting valuable time and resources focusing on diversifying their workforce. The truth is most Americans don\u2019t care about a person\u2019s sex, race, creed, sexual orientation, or religion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We don\u2019t care if a person is male or female.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We don\u2019t care if a person is black, white, Asian, or Hispanic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We don\u2019t care if a person is gay, straight, bisexual, or transgender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We don\u2019t care if a person is Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, or Muslim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What most Americans are focused on is finding the <\/span><i><span>best<\/span><\/i><span> people for the job. We want competent people who can protect our homeland and our interests. We aren\u2019t interested in checking off boxes on a diversity sheet. As long as the intelligence officer is qualified and knows what they\u2019re doing, we\u2019re on board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Our intelligence agencies need to stop trying to appease everyone in a quest for wokeness. Their priority should be finding intelligent individuals who are willing to go to great lengths to defend our nation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Beth Baumann is a Political Reporter and Editor at The Daily Wire. Follow her on Twitter <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eb454\"><i><span>@eb454<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last decade, America\u2019s intelligence community has focused on diversifying their workforce, purportedly in an effort to foster inclusion and match the nation\u2019s demographic makeup. While this might sounds &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277269,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1059192450.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"The FBI\u2019s Woke Undertakings Have Repeatedly Failed Our Nation. 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