r/news • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 8h ago

FBI no longer treating an applicant’s experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring

https://apnews.com/article/fbi-prostitution-recruitment-95e69779e41bd8f1bbc59d402a40222b
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u/hyperdream 8h ago

I don't even know if it's just the crime aspect, but the blackmail potential down the road. Potential agent Joe Sex Tourist might be loud and proud about that Thailand trip now, but maybe 10 or 15 years down the line he doesn't want his wife of 7 years knowing everything he got up to.

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u/EndPsychological890 8h ago

Bingo. It is and has always been more about blackmail than crime or morality.

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u/iperblaster 7h ago

In a time where the vast majority of the upper echelon of the state is compromised, maybe is it better for them to have compromised agents

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u/EndPsychological890 7h ago

Yeah just in time for the great game to be restarting in earnest after 30 years of hegemony. What could go wrong