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Spy agency uncovers sense of humor in debut tweet
1. Spy agency uncovers sense of humor in debut tweet
For a spy agency that likes to blend into the background, the CIA's debut on Twitter has revealed a
covert sense of humor.Â
In a medium heralded for its snark, the Twittersphere gave high praise Friday for the intelligence
agency's initial tweet, below the deal with (at)CIA.
"We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our very first tweet," posted (at)CIA. Inside an hour it
had gained much more than 67,000 followers.
At first, that raised a query: Was this actually the Central Intelligence Agency? Given that any
quantity of fake CIA twitter accounts have sprung up more than the years, some manteles a medida
caution was in order.
The agency rapidly confirmed in a news
release that it had, in fact, established a
presence on both Twitter and Facebook. The
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Twitter to wrest control from a person who
was using it to impersonate the agency, stated
CIA spokesman Todd Ebitz.
2. The agency's tagline: "We are the nation's first line of defense. We achieve what other people can
not achieve and go exactly where other individuals can not go."
On both accounts, the CIA promised "photographs,
reflections on intelligence history, and enjoyable
details from the CIA Globe Factbook."
It also said it would release "updates on CIA career
postings and get the most recent glimpse into CIA's
Museum," which is at the agency's headquarters in
Langley, Va., and not frequently open to the public.
By Friday afternoon, (at)CIA was following only 25
Twitter accounts, prompting jokes about how the spy
agency truly follows far a lot more individuals about the planet.
"The CIA has followed folks for years," tweeted Husain Haqqani, the former Pakistani ambassador to
the U.S. "Now tweeple (sic) have a likelihood to stick to (at)CIA."
3. Some weren't positive it was a great
day for social media.
"People say Facebook got lame as soon
as your grandmother joined. never
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tweeted electronic privacy activist
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piernas of political commentary
followed, such as a mock CIA tweet
from journalist Hayes Brown
(?(at)HayesBrown): "Keep in mind that
time Teddy Roosevelt's grandson
helped us launch a coup in Iran?"