Israel's Shin Bet launches a blog
Mon, 03/17/2008 - 1:39pm

The Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency, launched a blog yesterday in continued efforts to shed some of its secrecy and boost recruitment among high-tech professionals. Reviews are mixed at best so far, as people feel the content is a little mundane. Since 2006, the Shin Bet has stepped up public ad campaigns to attract talent from the private sector. According to the Associated Press, "the bloggers work on the technological side of the Shin Bet's operations rather than in the field." I think the public is saying they want to hear from some real field officers, not the techies. After all, would you rather read a blog by James Bond or Q?
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Well given the typical Bond entry...
"Went on 15-minute car chase. Wrecked car but caught bad guys. Went back to hotel bar. Lots of hotties."
...I think I'd rather read Q's.
The problem with Shin Bet's blog is that they're writing about the working conditions, not the actual things they're working on, which I'm sure would be more interesting for techies than field reports, if that's who they're trying to attract.