Looks like the FBI needs it to be legal ~ On CNN n
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Posted On: 05/21/2014 3:27:09 PM
Looks like the FBI needs it to be legal ~ On CNN now... FBI Use creates FBI hiring problem.
As the FBI looks to hire more cybersecurity agents, it's running into a big problem: the siren song of marijuana. The FBI has a no-tolerance policy for employees using illegal drugs, but new statements by director James Comey suggest the agency is considering loosening that policy to attract employees from the cybersecurity community. To hear Comey tell it, it's a talent pool that's notorious for rampant weed-smoking. "I have to hire a great work force to compete with those cybercriminals," Comey told an audience at the New York City Bar Association, "and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview."
The bureau's weed problem is particularly severe given the rise of legal marijuana use within the US, implicating many potential FBI hackers along the way. As a result, Comey said he was "grappling with the issue" of how the bureau's policies might be amended. The statement also comes just one day after the FBI announced charges against a group of hackers working for the Chinese People's Liberation Army, for allegedly stealing trade secrets from corporations like Alcoa and Westinghouse. It is unclear whether marijuana was involved.
As the FBI looks to hire more cybersecurity agents, it's running into a big problem: the siren song of marijuana. The FBI has a no-tolerance policy for employees using illegal drugs, but new statements by director James Comey suggest the agency is considering loosening that policy to attract employees from the cybersecurity community. To hear Comey tell it, it's a talent pool that's notorious for rampant weed-smoking. "I have to hire a great work force to compete with those cybercriminals," Comey told an audience at the New York City Bar Association, "and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview."
The bureau's weed problem is particularly severe given the rise of legal marijuana use within the US, implicating many potential FBI hackers along the way. As a result, Comey said he was "grappling with the issue" of how the bureau's policies might be amended. The statement also comes just one day after the FBI announced charges against a group of hackers working for the Chinese People's Liberation Army, for allegedly stealing trade secrets from corporations like Alcoa and Westinghouse. It is unclear whether marijuana was involved.
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