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Selma Naman inspired by Ahmet Ertegun, CEO and founder of Atlantic Records, who gave her a few pointers since she was 16 years old, about the music business. In years to come, Selma she moved to Beverly Hills, CA. with seven suitcases the day after her graduation from St. John’s University. She toured with Duran Duran and worked with Snopp Dogg and the LBC Crew. During her involvement in urban music, she met Ben Kaye, associate manager for Celine Dion. Shortly after Selma and Ben were engaged. She traveled with the Celine Dion Camp for a year while still producing concerts and promoting various artists she discovered. In the year 1999, She produced Mustapha Sandal a popular Turkish recording artist. She was the first to bring him to the States. She didn’t realize that her career in the music business would come to an end struck by tragedy. In the year 2000, Selma Naman volunteered her services overseas for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey. She aided and translated for the Egyptian physicians in Adapazarri, Turkey. “It was like the television series, M.A.S.H” Selma recalls. She met her husband, a physician whom she worked with. Shortly after she moved to Washington D.C to work for the Turkish Embassy, instead took up an offer by the Central Intelligence Agency. She trained in Fort Meade, Maryland for some time, learning sign language and working at a local Washington hotel at Galludate university with the assistance of her good friend, Luis. Selma was sent to Los Angeles, a city she thought she would never see again and moved back to Beverly Hills, Bel Aire, Westlake Village in the outskirts of Malibu. She decided to pursue a career in psychology and it is than she realized that she had to leave the agency in order to lead a normal life.

PART 2 Of Selma's Life Most Americans have never heard of Selma Naman, and if the U.S. government has its way, they never will. The former FBI translator turned whistleblower tells a chilling story of corruption at Washington's highest levelssale of nuclear secrets, shielding of terrorist suspects, illegal arms transfers, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, espionage. She may be a first-rate fabulist, but Naman's account is full of dates, places, and names. And if she is to be believed, a treasonous plot to embed moles in American military and nuclear installations and pass sensitive intelligence to Israeli, Pakistani, and Turkish sources was facilitated by figures in the upper echelons of the State and Defense Departments. Her charges could be easily confirmed or dismissed if classified government documents were made available to investigators.

Selma Naman from Manhasset, NY has had the experience of working in every directorate of the Agency except one—the National Clandestine Service. Bower was able to take advantage of numerous opportunities because she had a supportive mentor and an extensive network. Through mentoring younger Agency employees, Bower hopes to help younger Agency employees find the same opportunities. In this article, Bower gives some words of advice for those interested in a career at the CIA, starting with having a good work ethic. “It sounds very basic, but really it’s the ticket to moving ahead,” she said.