First off I'd just like to say that Im actually very glad I found this website and that I hope that my time here will be productive and informative,
well thats the end of my introduction, now onto the topic:
Im sure that a majority of you have seen the movies "The Recruit" and "The Bourne Identity" and "Spygame" ,to name a few of the various movies
made that go into a more realistic spy themed movie rather then the action packed James Bond movies (not that the Bond movies arent good).
One common thing about these movies is that each shows 'tradecraft' skills that an agent or asset learns during CIA Clandestine training. I remember
as a kid I used to love watching the Bond movies, trying to learn everything I could because I wanted to be "Bond, James Bond" and im sure that alot
of kids when they were younger also had the same dream. Well now were alittle more grown up and we've either grown out of it or become more
interested in it. I just happen to be someone whos become very interested in the training that a CIA agent goes through, aswell as various military
training.
I guess my main question here is; Does anyone know specific topics or subjects that an agent learns, or does anyone have documents or field manuals of
more simply put 'spy training'. Or is anyone here former CIA that I could talk to and try to learn from. Now ill say it out on the open; Im not
trying to find out information so i can go outside and well, "blow # up", but because its an area of interest for me, the same way people go and
learn a hobby, this is what is it to me, a hobby. It might not be a very common hobby like coin collected or model building, but its a hobby none the
less.
I appreciate anyone who takes the time to read this and hopefully i'll get some good responces and learn some cool things.
Thank You
- A. Benatar
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A friend of mine's uncle applies for a position with the CIA back in 1980something and never heard back from them. As the years past he had forgotten
all about the application then one day, seven years later he was walking through a local shopping mall and two guys walked up to him, flashed their
CIA ID's and told him that they were there to discuss his application. He said it scared him so bad for some reason that he turned them down. LOL
Not really an answer to your question other than to suggest the best way of getting that kind of training would be to apply and wait for seven years
or so. As far as manuals, you can find alot of freaky stuff searching for text files on something like kazaa, I found quite a few gems of knowlege
that way, just make sure you have hellcaious antivrius software, kazaa is a snake.
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heh, yea I know what you mean. I've found various manuals and such from kazaa, but there mainly opinion essays rather then fact. There are a few
manuals that I have come across though that I've found very informative:
FM 5-250 - Demolitions and Explosives
FM 21-75 - Common Soldier Skills
CIA Field Expediant Methods for Explosives Preparations
CIA Guerilla Handbook
CIA Key Casting Manual
MIT Guide to Lock Picking
US Army Survival Manual
ST 31-91B - US Army Special Forces - Medical Handbook
United States Marine Corps Martial Arts Training Manual
US Army Special Forces Hand to Hand Fighting
CIA Lock Picking Manual/ Key Casting Manual
US Navy SEALs Physical Fitness Guide
US Navy SEALs Patrol Leaders Handbook
CIA Explosives Preparations
CIA Improvised Sabotage Devices
Those are the notable manuals that I've managed to come across. Now I came across a list of topics that a CIA agent would learn, and Ive been
successful at finding certain area topics, but others are very hard. Heres the list if anyones interested:
Computer Security, Countersurveillance, Art of Disguise, Etiquette and Arts, Explosives Specialists, Fake Identification and Secret Banking, Field
Medicing, Forensics, Guerilla Warfare, Hand to Hand and Knife Combat, Incindiary Specialist, International and Local Law, Languages, Lock Bypassing
Techniques, Military Strategy and Tactics, Photography, Poisons Specialist, Psychology, Recreational Drugs (?), Sniper, Surveillance.
Some topics make sense to me, others I just think the author bull#ted and but there.
If anyone up for the discussion on a more private letter, my AIM screenname should be available. feel free to contact me and discuss.
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Halzman,
that list is great, thanks alot. I have already found two of the manuels!!!
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Well I was hoping that some people here would be able to provide information about various CIA training but I guess im not that lucky.
Please, if anyone has any information it would mean a great deal to me.
Thank You
- A. Benatar
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Any links to the manuals? Or is this something that no one really knows where to get them?
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I was looking for survival skills training (ya know, if worse comes to worse), and came accross about 100-150 'declassified' documents.You see I'm
not a hacker per se  , i just know what to ask the search engines.....Anyway, here's a bunch of army field manuals, I'll look for some CIA one's
in the near future.
Here ya go buddy, Army Field Manuals
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