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....” (“Norman” 40). In other words, authentic experience and meaningful action is constantly threatened by standardizing features and mediocrity prevalent in the CIA (“the Company” extraordinaire). | ....” (“Norman” 40). In other words, authentic experience and meaningful action is constantly threatened by standardizing features and mediocrity prevalent in the CIA (“the Company” extraordinaire). | ||
An indicative example of life in the CIA and its “dangers” face Hubbard | An indicative example of life in the CIA and its “dangers” face Hubbard on his first assignment. He is placed in a records room known as the “Snake Pit” and ordered to provide information and files on an individual known only by a code acronym. He cannot locate the data since it has either been removed or lost. Since he is under orders by a superior officer overseas to | ||
on his first assignment. He is placed in a records room known as the “Snake | provide this information, which cannot be located, his mission becomes to conceal his own identity as an incompetent data clerk. He is able to do this with the help of his mentor and Godfather, Harlot, who has the power to change Harry’s own code name acronym. Eventually, he gets placed overseas and finds himself in West Germany, serving under Bill Harvey (the real CIA station head at that time) who gives him the assignment of locating the | ||
Pit” and ordered to provide information and files on an individual known | real identity of the incompetent data clerk who, it turns out, failed to locate information for Harvey. Hubbard’s mission becomes investigating and reporting on the real identity of an incompetent clerk who turns out to be Hubbard himself (shades of Oedipus). | ||
only by a code acronym. He cannot locate the data since it has either been | |||
removed or lost. Since he is under orders by a superior officer overseas to | |||
provide this information, which cannot be located, his mission becomes to | |||
conceal his own identity as an incompetent data clerk. He is able to do this | |||
with the help of his mentor and Godfather, Harlot, who has the power to | |||
change Harry’s own code name acronym. Eventually, he gets placed overseas and finds himself in West Germany, serving under Bill Harvey | |||
CIA station head at that time | |||
real identity of the incompetent data clerk who, it turns out, failed to locate | |||
information for Harvey. Hubbard’s mission becomes investigating and | |||
reporting on the real identity of an incompetent clerk who turns out to be | |||
Hubbard himself | |||
Hubbard manages to conceal his identity despite close dealings with Harvey. However, he never finds out the significance of his original inability to | Hubbard manages to conceal his identity despite close dealings with Harvey. However, he never finds out the significance of his original inability to |
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