I just read a fascinating story in Forbes magazine about how the best spies in Mossad and the CIA are all women.
Besides being born with an extra DNA strand – the article says, “Women are gifted at deciphering situations. Contrary to stereotypes, you see that women’s abilities are superior to men in terms of understanding the territory, reading situations, and spatial awareness. When they’re good, they’re very good” (see article: Why the Best Spies in Mossad and the CIA Are Womenhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/crossingborders/2012/09/30/why-the-best-spies-in-mossad-and-the-cia-are-women/ ).
The article cites certain inherent traits and skills that women have that make them better spies:
1) Women have a “nurturing instinct”
2) Women are better listeners
3) Women spies have a built in ‘cover story’
4) Women have better people skills
Women also have a natural curiosity and a sixth sense about certain things which make them good investigators (see video: Charade: “Women make the best spies” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzW4iM8_JEU).
Earlier I did a report on the mysterious female spy that played a critical role in the raid that eventually killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
She reportedly had been tracking bin Laden for 5 years and knew with 100% certainty where exactly he would be found – before the raid took place. She was the one who actually briefed the SEAL team members prior to the mission to kill Osama bin Laden (see article: Mysterious female spy helped SEAL’s target Osama bin Laden in Pakistan http://www.examiner.com/article/mysterious-female-spy-helped-seal-s-target-osama-bin-laden-pakistan ).
The Israeli spy service as well relies on the talents of beautiful women in their spy service, creating what some call the ultimate “super spy” (see related article: Israel’s fearsome secret service has a new breed of super-spy – beautiful women http://www.examiner.com/article/israel-s-fearsome-secret-service-has-a-new-breed-of-super-spy-beautiful-women).