Why The Best Spies in Mossad And The CIA Are Women

Maseena Ziegler
Forbes
September 30, 2012

[...] Last week, in a stunning departure from protocol, the chief of Mossad – Israel’s national intelligence agency – singled out his female field agents for praise. “Women have a distinct advantage in secret warfare because of their ability to multitask,” Tamir Pardo said to Israel’s Lady Globes. He also added that women are “better at playing a role” and superior to men when it comes to “suppressing their ego in order to attain the goal.”

“Women are gifted at deciphering situations. Contrary to stereotypes, you see that women’s abilities are superior to men in terms of understanding the territory, reading situations, spatial awareness. When they’re good, they’re very good.”

[...] [Lindsey Moran, ex-CIA] tells me that that one of the CIA’s best-kept secrets is that their most talented spies are women. “The women in my training class and those with whom I later served were always the top recruiters of foreign agents – which is the bread and butter of the secret service.”

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This article was posted: Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 12:34 pm

Tags: foreign affairs

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