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Misconception: CIA employees can’t use social media.https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/government-politics/cia-misconceptions-debunked#inline-text-4
Misconception: The CIA is full of agents.https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/government-politics/cia-misconceptions-debunked#inline-text-10
Misconception: CIA officers must speak several languages.https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/government-politics/cia-misconceptions-debunked#inline-text-21
Misconception: CIA officers are trained killers who travel abroad.https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/government-politics/cia-misconceptions-debunked#inline-text-28
Misconception: The CIA answers to no one.https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/government-politics/cia-misconceptions-debunked#inline-text-34
Misconception: CIA officers lie to their families about where they work.https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/government-politics/cia-misconceptions-debunked#inline-text-41
Mis-Misconception: The CIA spies on us.https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/government-politics/cia-misconceptions-debunked#inline-text-49
are permittedhttps://www.npr.org/2016/02/24/467933392/why-the-cia-likes-and-dislikes-social-media
follow some basic security protocolshttps://www.washingtonian.com/2021/11/09/how-gen-z-and-the-tiktok-generation-are-becoming-spies/
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