Dave L Wrote:
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> Well as long as they are not involved in
> subvertive activities inside the Universities
> fine. But its a bit risky in an environment that
> is meant to encourage free intellectual enquiry to
> have government intelligence employees operating.

It's been standard operating procedure for the better part of a century (both sides of the pond) to have academics "on retainer", as accessible sources of information relating to intelligence work.

> Surely, if it was for cultural familiarisation it
> would be better to be involved with languages.
> Anthropology suggests there is some sort of
> ideology involved.
>
> Dave L


No, think about it for a moment.... languages alone would just let them perpetuate ethnocentric misunderstandings "fluently"

But anthropology is ENTIRELY about the gathering & analysis of information concerning various (usually foreign) human cultures & societies. It's not "ideology" that inspires this choice of (agent) study, it's common sense.

Kenuchelover.