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In November of last year, CIA recruiters made a visit to the University of Oregon campus. In our December issue we wrote about their visit and the counterprotest that was organized against it. We had one lingering question: “who arranged for the CIA to recruit on campus, and why?” Since then, we have obtained public records that shine light on how the visit was arranged and the response that the University of Oregon had to protestors.

In the first couple weeks of November, undergraduate and graduate students across all departments received their weekly advising emails. Those of us who actually read these newsletter updates couldn’t help but notice a curious opportunity announced in fine print: Virtually any job you can imagine is available at the CIA – plus, some you can't even imagine This raised some questions: Who arranged for the CIA to recruit on campus, and why?