The Hill: Spy agencies disproportionately white, male
Employees at U.S. intelligence agencies are overwhelmingly and disproportionately white and male, according to internal figures.
A recent “strategic human capital plan” shows that employees at the nation’s 17 spy agencies are 77 percent white and 62 percent male. The country at large, meanwhile, is 62 percent white and 49 percent male, according to the latest Census data.
The report also showed that the workforce was fairly evenly split between staffers in their 30s, 40s and 50s. Just 15 percent of employees were either younger than 30 or older than 60.
The employment data, which is from fiscal year 2011, is likely to trouble officials and critics who have pushed for more diversity throughout the U.S. government.
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WNU Editor: I can see now .... an affirmative action program for future spies, intelligence officials, and analysts .... and I would not be surprised if future promotions will be also based on the same criteria.