some reports are that they ve allowed hedge funds and financial firms to high active-duty cia officer to do something called deception detection, teaching companies to figure out when executives are lying, based on their behavior and what they say. you don t need the cia for that. defenders are the policy say it s a key way to prevent brain drain. in the past there s been a compose dud of officers to the private sector. this way they can earn more on the side and continue to work for the government. one official insists the policy doesn t interfere with the cia s work on critical national security investigations. the officers who want to moonlight must submit a detailed explanation of what they ll be doing and get permission from their bosses, but there are a lot of unanswered questions, including how many do this? how long has been it been going on? types of other jobs are they