# CIA Commercials

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-commercials/376629>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 16, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-commercials/376629 "2006-10-16T14:45:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-commercials/376629/21 "2006-10-18T01:48:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Marley23]  
Eagle, eh? Now I’m having a wonderful vision of Stephen Colbert doing these commercials.  
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“Greetings, fellow Americans. I’m Stephen Colbert. You may not know it, but right now, there are forces at work around the world planning to take down the country we hold so dearly. That’s right- I’m talking about bears. If you join the CIA, you can help our country fight these godless killing machines where they live. Oh, and I guess you can help stop terrorists, too, if you’re into that sort of thing.”

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-commercials/376629/22 "2006-10-19T14:37:03Z")

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I don’t think the CIA, an esteemed local institution, could afford TV ads: [http://www.cia.edu/](http://www.cia.edu/)

A good friend from college joined Uncle Sam’s CIA. Due to on-campus protests at the time, he had to be whisked to a nearby hotel for his job interview after being given a codephrase and a rendezvous, and sworn to secrecy. I always thought it was a great way to start a career with The Company - and he’s still there.

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