Commotion: Viral CIA Recruitment Video

On April 28th, the U.S.’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) posted a new recruitment video to its Twitter page. The video stars a Hispanic woman who discusses overcoming imposter syndrome, refusing to internalize patriarchal ideas and being a first generation American.

In the following days, many commentators mocked the contents of the video. In addition to the version of the video posted on Twitter, critics have cited an extended version, where the star of the video talks about being cisgender and a millennial with an anxiety disorder, which has led to further mockery.

The critical posts have been popular on Twitter, with one video embedded tweet gaining over 26,000 views within a few hours of its appearance.