[000:00:00;00] well, now lera c. johnson, when i joined the cia in september 1985, it seems to me that there was still an illusion that this agency was a highly professional organization that hires only the best, smartest, of course, i don’t want to say that i am the smartest , but such an image they had in the eyes of the public in the first year of service. i participated in the preparatory program for interns for this training they sent people from all four departments of the cia that existed at that time, the operational business was handled, employees who were recruited to work abroad to recruit russians, for example, to spy on the interests of the united states, there was also an intelligence department. i also worked there in science and technology. and the administrative case on the program was taught all together . in 1948, the cia replaced the office of strategic services, which was created during world war ii until 1939 in the united states there was no national intelligence organization. america was a closed coun