Rove/Wilson/Iraq Question......

I worked for several organizations where there were very strict nepotism policies on hiring relatives. If you had a relative working there, you could not be hired for a job or be considered for a consulting role. We had to all attest to the fact and sign sworn statements. There were examples of people that had lied and they were immediately fired. In these roles, the obvious reasons were that there could be real or imagined favoritism to family members or relatives and this could impact morale and cause behavior and resources to be suboptimally allocated.

Why doesn't the CIA have rules like this, particularly where covert agents are concerned? Isn't there risks to hire relatives of covert agents, particularly the husbands, wives or children to do work? It just doesn't seem to make sense that there isn't a policy in force surrounding these issues.

Furthermore, wouldn't it make sense to keep the information gathered inside the organization and restrict it from being released by individuals hired to do these investigations? It is the CIA and they do many things secretly so why wasn't the information gathered a secret? It just doesn't make sense that an organization hires someone to gather information and then he is free to release it in a manner however he feels fit.

Just a thought.

This should be a lesson to the CIA and hopefully they will adjust their practices to protect their employees cover.