I seriously considered joining the FBI back when I was much younger, but I was dissuaded by the fact that they required a polygraph examination. Because of my background, I knew that polygraphs were pseudoscience and had a relatively high false positive rate. More important, if you took an FBI polygraph and *failed,* then that basically screwed you for getting any other job that required a security clearance. Almost all job applications have the line "Have you ever been denied a security clearance," and that's a killer.
I talked to a friend of mine at the FBI about it. He said that, yeah, they had lots of false positives, but from the FBI perspective that was OK. They had a lot more applicants than they needed, so if they erroneously dropped a bunch of people because of false positive polygraph findings, there were plenty to replace them. Unfortunately, those people's careers in jobs that required a clearance were over. It didn't hurt the FBI, but it hurt the innocent applicants.
Happily, for me, the DoD at the time did *not* require a polygraph for routine clearance, so I went that route. This was many years ago. My clearance expired in the early 2000s. It might be different now.
Wife worked for them for 42 years and even for innocent, honest people, the periodic polygraphs would get on people's nerves. More than a couple people cleaned out their desks and got escorted out after a polygraph revealed some violation of Bureau policy. Definitely an unforgiving organization, UNLESS you're in DC and abuse Bureau resources to help the DEM party, then they are awfully tolerant.
I worked for an immoral company for two years after I realized their sleaziness (they were operating lawfully). I made my wife a promise our daughter would graduate from the high school she started. With two months to graduation, I quit, we put the house on the market, and got the hell out of there. I could not imagine working 42 years, I would have become an alcoholic.
Amusing, but I made the mistake of reading some of the posts below that one. Apparently California has permanently institutionalized electoral fraud: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-27/california-universal-voting-by-mail-becomes-permanent. Old news I suppose, but this is the first I recall seeing it.
I read the same one, everyone will receive a ballot and you can vote in person if you choose. Democrats will never lose another election in California.
Hilarious comments. I'll bet the comments burned the FBlie's asses. I wonder if they are that clueless about how they are now perceived in the country.
Unbelievable. Those replies are amazing considering Twitter is basically a libtard shitclown waste land of virtue signaling and pronouns.
ReplyDeleteI seriously considered joining the FBI back when I was much younger, but I was dissuaded by the fact that they required a polygraph examination. Because of my background, I knew that polygraphs were pseudoscience and had a relatively high false positive rate. More important, if you took an FBI polygraph and *failed,* then that basically screwed you for getting any other job that required a security clearance. Almost all job applications have the line "Have you ever been denied a security clearance," and that's a killer.
ReplyDeleteI talked to a friend of mine at the FBI about it. He said that, yeah, they had lots of false positives, but from the FBI perspective that was OK. They had a lot more applicants than they needed, so if they erroneously dropped a bunch of people because of false positive polygraph findings, there were plenty to replace them. Unfortunately, those people's careers in jobs that required a clearance were over. It didn't hurt the FBI, but it hurt the innocent applicants.
Happily, for me, the DoD at the time did *not* require a polygraph for routine clearance, so I went that route. This was many years ago. My clearance expired in the early 2000s. It might be different now.
Wife worked for them for 42 years and even for innocent, honest people, the periodic polygraphs would get on people's nerves. More than a couple people cleaned out their desks and got escorted out after a polygraph revealed some violation of Bureau policy. Definitely an unforgiving organization, UNLESS you're in DC and abuse Bureau resources to help the DEM party, then they are awfully tolerant.
DeleteI worked for an immoral company for two years after I realized their sleaziness (they were operating lawfully). I made my wife a promise our daughter would graduate from the high school she started. With two months to graduation, I quit, we put the house on the market, and got the hell out of there. I could not imagine working 42 years, I would have become an alcoholic.
DeleteAmusing, but I made the mistake of reading some of the posts below that one. Apparently California has permanently institutionalized electoral fraud: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-27/california-universal-voting-by-mail-becomes-permanent. Old news I suppose, but this is the first I recall seeing it.
ReplyDeleteI read the same one, everyone will receive a ballot and you can vote in person if you choose. Democrats will never lose another election in California.
Deletethat was the whole point!
Deletethat was the whole point!
DeleteIt's a good place to get names for your list of individuals for further future consideration..
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to y'all!
ReplyDeleteOne tweet: how do I know if I'm on a watchlist? Next response: Try to join the FBI. If they don't hire you - you know.
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Somebody misspelled "Federal Bureau of Repression".
ReplyDelete“I'd rather have a sister in a whorehouse than a brother in the FBI.” Thomas Krebs, 1980
ReplyDeleteLet the memes begin. Winner gets tan slacks, electronic Ray-Bans and a haircut with whitewalls.
ReplyDeleteJust saw this post. Now I have to go back and see the rest of the comments.
ReplyDeleteHilarious comments. I'll bet the comments burned the FBlie's asses. I wonder if they are that clueless about how they are now perceived in the country.
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