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TIL the FBI has struggled to hire hackers because of the FBI hiring rule that the applicant must not have used marijuana during the last 3 years. (www.nydailynews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's interesting. I wonder if they'd keep that rule if weed was decriminalized on a national level. It'd be a good excuse for them to walk it back without looking like they're being more lenient.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

It's not just the FBI. All federal jobs drug test, and all of them are having trouble getting enough candidates right now. The "hackers for the FBI" thing just makes a good headline.

This includes relatively innocuous things like the USPS or NOAA.