The FBI Is Hiring And Weed May Be A-okay In Their Book

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations aka FBI is loosening up on some of its hiring requirements, and among them is if applicants have had a history of smoking marijuana, it will be forgiven. Previously, this revelation would have barred someone from being hired. Therefore, if you applied before and this prevented you from getting through the screening process, you may want to consider applying again.

USA Today reports Jeff Berkin, deputy director of the FBI's Security Division says the marijuana standard has been in place for 13 years.

"It encourages honesty and allows us to look at the whole person," Berkin said of the revised policy. He said it was too early to tell whether the new standard has encouraged an increasing number of applicants as the FBI attempts to hire 221 agents and 121 intelligence analysts.

"Increasingly, the goal for the screening of security clearance applicants is whether you are a current drug user, rather than whether you used in the past," said Tom Riley, a spokesman for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. "It's not whether you have smoked pot four times or 16 times 20 years ago. It's about whether you smoked last week and lied about it."

Under the FBI's revised drug policy, applicants are disqualified if they have used:

• Any illegal drug, other than marijuana, within the past 10 years or used marijuana for more than just "experimentation."

• Marijuana within the past three years or for a substantial period of time.

Source: FBI
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Here is a recent FBI press release:

Press Release
For Immediate Release
February 9, 2004 Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691

The FBI is hiring more Intelligence Analysts than ever..!
The FBI is kicking off an aggressive Intelligence Analyst hiring campaign and is tailoring its recruiting initiative to identify men and women who possess critical skills such as critical reasoning, computer literacy, sound judgment, research, and information gathering and manipulation. The FBI is especially interested in recent college graduates, professionals, and individuals with military and criminal intelligence experience who are well organized, have excellent oral and written communication skills, have the ability to apply inductive and deductive reasoning to analyze intelligence information, and the ability to conduct appropriate research.

Intelligence Analysts at the FBI are on the cutting edge of the great opportunities and challenges brought about by fast-paced global changes. While most people can only talk about making the world a safer place, FBI Intelligence Analysts make a contribution. Due to current and emerging investigative and intelligence responsibilities, the FBI's analytical needs have dramatically increased, creating unique and distinguished employment opportunities for critical thinking, problem solving professionals.

FBI Intelligence Analysts are diverse professionals all sharing their common desire to protect, strengthen, and make a positive difference to the nation, and to a larger part, the world. There are few careers in the Federal government as timely and in-the-news as working for the FBI. Now, here is an opportunity for qualified individuals to put their analytical aptitude to work protecting our nation.

All interested applicants should immediately apply on-line at www.fbijobs.com .

Reference:
USA Today