Think wiretapping, bug planting, laser microphones. Sounds like fun. Then you realize it means sitting in a dark hotel room watching video monitors 24 hours a day in a foreign land with crappy food.
When In was in the military as a intelligence analyst, I had a chance to work with a couple of CIA-pukes. Those guys gave me the creeps, nothing they did - just the feeling I got when I was around them.
Clandestine Service Positions
Paramilitary Operations Officer/Specialized Skills Officer. . .
Minimum requirements for Paramilitary Operations Officers include a bachelor's degree, military special operations or combat arms experience (ground, air or maritime), as well as combat leadership experience. Previous foreign travel and foreign language proficiency is highly valued. For Specialized Skills Officers, minimum requirements also include a bachelor's degree. A background in aviation, maritime, military psychological warfare and/or information operations, as well as communications, business and counterintelligence are preferred. The 35-year maximum age requirement can be waived on a case-by-case basis.