{"id":489319,"date":"2021-05-09T16:50:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T20:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=489319"},"modified":"2021-05-09T16:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T20:50:53","slug":"cia-releases-new-woke-recruitment-video-after-previous-ads-mocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-releases-new-woke-recruitment-video-after-previous-ads-mocked\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA Releases New Woke Recruitment Video After Previous Ads Mocked"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fcia-releases-new-woke-recruitment-video-after-previous-ads-mocked%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=489319&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-79000168.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The CIA is plowing ahead with its series of new recruitment ads aimed at millennials, releasing a new video ad last week despite the scoffs and criticism with which the previous installments were met.<\/p>\n<p>The latest \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fvkiDqYBHUw&#038;list=PLb9QRVXYyLdqCUl95ecfapl9dyxiqVvqV&#038;index=2\">Humans of CIA<\/a>\u201d video ad features a man who says he is an \u201cagency librarian\u201d for the CIA and describes his struggles with being gay and the acceptance he encountered at the CIA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up gay in a small Southern town, I was lucky to have a wonderful and accepting family. I always struggled with the idea that I may not be able to discuss my personal life at work,\u201d the man in the CIA ad says. \u201cImagine my surprise when I was taking my oath at the CIA and I noticed a rainbow on then-Director Brennan\u2019s lanyard.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6996805111821\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW CIA RECRUITMENT AD: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up gay in a small Southern town, I always struggled with the idea that I may not be able to discuss my personal life at work. Imagine my surprise when I noticed a rainbow on CIA Director Brennan\u2019s lanyard.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fZ9rgCUkLJ\">pic.twitter.com\/fZ9rgCUkLJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1390814046023208962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOfficers from the top-down work hard to ensure that every single person, whatever their gender, gender identity, race, disability, or sexual orientation, can bring their entire self to work every day,\u201d the man continues.<\/p>\n<p>One of the agency\u2019s previous ads was mocked on Twitter, including by several GOP members of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a woman of color. I am a mom. I am a cisgender millennial who has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. I am intersectional, but my existence is not a box-checking exercise,\u201d said a woman in the earlier ad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not sneak into CIA,\u201d the woman says, adding that she \u201cearned my way in, and I earned my way up the ranks \u2026\u00a0I am educated, qualified, and competent, and sometimes I struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CIA also has an Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/2021\/02\/12\/is-the-cia-is-secretly-a-great-place-to-find-love\/\">series<\/a> called\u00a0\u201cLove at Langley,\u201d part of the \u201cHumans of CIA\u201d campaign, where it has been documenting the stories of three couples who work together at the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) accused the CIA of working to develop its wokeness credentials rather than focusing on its intelligence operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of focusing on the real international threats from\u00a0China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea or the crisis he created on the Southern border, President Biden is diverting CIA resources to support radical leftists in their woke culture war that is tearing America apart,\u201d Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cia-republicans-criticize-woke-video\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) ripped the ad in a tweet, saying,\u00a0\u201cIf you\u2019re a Chinese communist, or an Iranian Mullah, or Kim Jong Un\u2026would this scare you? We\u2019ve come a long way from Jason Bourne.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf China plans on attacking the United States with misgendered pronouns and microaggressions, the CIA will be ready to fight back,\u201d Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) said, calling the ad an \u201cembarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CIA has pushed back on the criticism of its new approach to recruitment, telling Fox News that the ads have actually been working and attracting new recruits to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2020 was a standout recruitment year for CIA despite the pandemic.\u00a0Our 2021 incoming class is the third-largest in a decade,\u201d the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cia-pushes-back-against-critics-attacking-new-recruitment-ad\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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