During the era of his "hacking" career,
The C_A was recruiting people directly from Texas (firsthand knowlge) campuses. Universities and trade schools alike.
(Usually with flashy trendy ads on common bulletin boards)
They would measure your aptitude based on "things" you did such as hack software, or socialist ideology.
'Many "opportunites" required severing all ties with friends and family to start a new exciting career in the industry'
There is zero chance in my mind his political career (and being told to use the stupid name Beto instead Francis) was result of a handler.
Question is… Who is his handler?
oldAnons: Chime in if you ever seen ads like this on college campuses during the 80's..
exDFW anon remembers.