I was a CIA spy - here's how I dated while working for the intelligence agency

A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent has unveiled the secrets of covert dating life.

Brittany Butler Jennings, 40, was in the agency for nine years, and thus has tons of stories.

During that span she met was her husband, with whom she now has three kids.

But that wasn't immediate, and the journey prior saw some come before.

She recalls such exploits and others involving her time in the agency on TikTok, where she has nearly 100,000 followers.

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'So, I had two serious boyfriends whenever I worked in the CIA,' the South Carolina woman says in one clip.

'One was actually a Mexican-American,' she goes on to reveal. 'He went to the United States. He was a Harvard Law student.'

She described how she had to report the relationship to higher-ups early on, due to him being a foreign national. 

She had to disclose facts like his full name, date of birth and background information, all while keeping who was employing her under wraps.

The agency, based in Langley, Virginia, went on to administer a background check, before discerning that he was not a security threat. 

'Surprisingly, it wasn't awkward or difficult to get that information,' Jennings, an attractive blonde, says at point.

'People tended to trust me, and it was more about ensuring transparency and security.'

At another point, the retired sleuth tackles the topic of telling partners about her unorthodox occupation - typically taboo, at least early on, she says.

'I didn't tell [my first boyfriend] that I worked in the CIA specifically -I just said that I did government work.

'That's like a really normal thing to say that you do in Washington, DC,' she continues. 'No one's going to call you out and be like, "So, what exactly do you do for the government?"

'At least not usually.

'When I met my husband when I was working in the CIA, we had a kind of interesting story, because one of his really good friends actually worked in the my same division.

'He called my phone number at work and his friend picked up,' she recalls.

'It was really funny , because his friend was just kind of like using my desk for a minute during a morning meeting, 

'And he was like, "wait a second - is this so and so?"

'And he was like, "Yeah, her man - this is Matt." My husband. Then my boyfriend,' she says.

The mix-up saw her cover blown early on, but thankfully, the two soon became serious, and within a few years, would wed.

Before that, he even visited her at the agency's famed headquarters in  Virginia, she reveals - recalling how he 'wanted to see where I worked.'

In an interview with Newsweek, she elaborated, describing how “In the early stages [of her relationships], I generally kept my job description vague, mentioning I was a government consultant. 

'The details only became more specific when absolutely necessary,' she said - adding, 'The truth about my CIA affiliation was something I shared only when it was unavoidable. 

'For the most part, only my husband was privy to that information once our relationship reached a significant level of trust and commitment,' she concluded.

Aside from her stark social media presence, Jennings has also penned a book called the Syndicate Spy, which also offers interesting insight into her time in the CIA.

It shows how agents' at-times complex dating life is only one interesting facet of a spy's life, along with airing interesting factoids about little known areas at the agency's base like the mysterious 'vault'. where classified information is kept.

Her husband, she says in one clip, was able to gain access thanks to her - only after offering up his social security number.