Why is everyone hating on the NSA? All they did is sneak into our bedrooms and give us involuntary colonoscopies.
Interesting that the ad is in the Asia Times. Has anyone seen it or similar anywhere else?
I imagine they are attracting a fair number of nuts, these days.
Hmmm. I would like some confirmation that the NSA ran this ad, if that is possible. They publicly recruit via banner ads featuring the slogan âKnowing mattersâ ? Sounds more like viral political commentary to me - that said if they actually run that as a banner ad then bwahahahahaaaa.
That ad doesnât bother me nearly as much as the brochure they left in the diary on my nightstand.
And by âpeople with disabilitiesâ they mean sufferers of congenital hypoactive conscience syndromeâŚ
Unfortunately, some of those nuts are probably cut from the Olly North mold, rather than being mostly-harmless crazies who just want to get their clearance so they can learn the truth about the GreysâŚ
But you need to know! Just wait 'til youâre taken man, then youâll wish you remembered if the shiny side of the foil went towards or away from the head.
Knowing is half the battle.
"Knowing Matters"
What is it called when you use tax dollars to buy yourself a diversity award in a shitty magazine that no one reads? Thereâs got to be a clever internet name for that.
The advertisement Cory posted got me thinking⌠Top Rated? Where?
I ended up looking at the NSA Facebook page and they list some incredibly suspicious awards. This first pile is all using the same web template with a big fat NSA logo in the corner.
Best of the Best â Top Government Employer
In the advertising section they highlight âGovernment Diversity Branding.â
âBy running an ad in this trusted diversity magazine, you can build your nationwide government branding, while also enhancing your government image.â
Being diverse was never so easy!
The second flock of publications from the Facebook page is all under the umbrella of Equal Opportunity Publishing and it appears slightly less shady⌠maybe. The publishing group does maintain an impressive 232 Twitter followers and their magazines can be found on Amazon.
It seems like they may be less inclined toward hard journalism and probably lean more towards selling advertisements and renting booths at diversity expos.
Top 20 Government Employer
- Careers & the disABLED
- Equal Opportunity Magazine
- Minority Engineer Magazine
- Woman Engineer Magazine
- Workforce Diversity Magazine
As for the Baltimore Magazine award, that appears to be the most legit publication of all. Should have been at the top of the list.
Baltimore Magazine â Best Place to Work 2012
Edit edit edit. I edited this a few times right after I posted. I canât get over how awful it is that theyâre spending our tax dollars on the award equivalent of a diploma mill. Awards mill? Is this an Awards mill?
I have no reason to believe this is a hoax ad. Havenât you seen the CIA ads recruiting for the clandestine service? Their slogan is âto know the truth.â
I have not. Is there any chance you could post it / post a site featuring it please? A search for âCIA to know the truthâ doesnât yield any relevant results for me, even under âto know the truthâ exact phrase / must contain all search.
I wouldnât mind if I could actually get the results of my colonoscopy, but they keep on refusing to release my doctorâs notes telling me its classified and citing âPhysician Patient Privilegeâ (when Iâm the fuckinâ patient!)
I guess this is one job that is difficult to outsource?
Oh hey there NSA, I see youâre now marketing yourself to people who have an otherwise difficult time to get a job. Thatâs so noble of you. Iâd have a suggestion to âimproveâ that ad, how about including other groups as an equal opportunity employer, whoâd have otherwise a difficult time to get a job, like undocumented emigrants, the poor (otherwise known as the 50%) and needy, people whoâve served prison sentences and so forth?
My personal favorite is the Disneyesque crypto kids section of the NSA site that was launched way before the Snowden affair.
http://www.nsa.gov/kids/
Hi Kids!
Welcome to the NSA/CSS Kidsâ page.
Weâre the CryptoKidsÂŽ and we love cryptology.
Whatâs cryptology? Cryptology is making and breaking codes. Itâs so cool. We make codes so we can send secret messages to our friends. And we try to figure out what other people are writing about by breaking their codes. Itâs a lot of fun.
â Copied from that NSA kids landing page.
Holy crap, Wow. And guess what kids?! later on in your fun career you can help sabotage the basic standards of cryptology! Weeee!
Why shouldnât they advertise? I know people who have worked for them - I almost went to work for them myself 35 years ago - and it is a pretty great job for someone with the right background in math or languages.
The people to get angry at over the NSAâs lack of restraint are our political leaders, who failed to restrain them. That was their job, which they botched miserably.
âTop rated employerâ.
By whom? When I see un-cited claims like that, from any company, service or product, I generally assume that they just made it up when creating the ad.
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