Spy agencies urged to fix open secret: a lack of diversity

May 18, 2022

The national reckoning over racial inequality sparked by George Floyd’s murder two years ago has gone on behind closed doors inside America’s intelligence agencies. Shortly after his death, employees of the National Security Agency had a call to speak to their director about racism and cultural misunderstandings. One by one, officers spoke about examples of racism that they had seen in America’s largest intelligence service. Similar calls took place across the intelligence community. Interviews with retired officers and the community’s own data show people of color remain underrepresented across the intelligence community and are less likely to be promoted.

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