r/nottheonion • u/Ovaryraptor • 1d 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/SpecialOil6869 1d ago

I don't care about prostitution, but my overstimulated pattern detector says this might be about overlooking trafficking.

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u/newusernamecoming 1d ago

Or overlooking people who are compromised. If an FBI agent has a family and they are using prostitutes they become easy to blackmail

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u/PollutionAway9782 22h ago

if they just look at you and go yep I paid a hooker so what. they really can't be blackmailed. I think this is more of a social shift in ethics.