Almost Half Of The CIA's Employees Are Now Women



Sisterhood Of Spies: Women Crack The Code At The CIA -- NBC

When John Brennan sits down at his daily 8:30 a.m. senior staff meeting at CIA headquarters, America's top spy sees something none of his predecessors ever saw.

On Brennan’s left is Avril Haines, deputy director of the CIA -- and a woman. On his right, is Meroe Park, executive director of the agency -- also a woman. In a third chair at the seventh-floor conference room table sits Director of Intelligence Fran Moore, the CIA’s chief analyst -- yes, a woman.

In fact, on most days, says Moore, the majority of the two dozen people in the room are women. Aided by her longtime colleague Sue Gordon, the CIA’s director of support, Moore ticked off the titles of the agency’s new female elite – but not their names, some of which are classified.

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Update #1: Almost Half Of The CIA's Employees Are Women -- And They're Making The Agency Better -- Huffington Post
Update #2: Boys Club No More: Now Women Make Up Nearly Half of the CIA -- Jezebel

My Comment: A sign of the times.