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Yes. I was horrified at the point of: > ...he closes the door and takes out his badge. “I have to show you this first.” This job is not near the level of enco
by nabilhat 6y ago
Yes. I was horrified at the point of:
> ...he closes the door and takes out his badge. “I have to show you this first.”
This job is not near the level of encountering FBI interviews as an actually critical part of work. "How about we circle back when I have legal counsel present" is the least perilous interaction at this point.
> “Oh wait, I forgot something. Could you raise your right hand for a minute?” Confused. I did so. “Everything you told me today is true to the best of your knowledge?”
I mean, the badge part was enough. The 18 U.S.C. § 1001 anvil has already been suspended over your head for 6 years. This is simply cruel.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoAlways lawyer up. As we’ve learned in the last few years, the FBI loves to catch people “lying” to agents as a precursor to persecuting them for political reasons.
- habeebtc 6y agoNah.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoYou’re right sorry. I forgot the FBI was full of good guys.
- RaptorJ 6y agoWell maybe there was an annular region there in the 90s when the FBI's mission was still in-between 'try to assassinate black activists', and 'give fake bombs to muslim teenagers and then arrest them for it'.
- sho 6y agoI love how commenters on HN and elsewhere often make the blithe recommendation to "lawyer up" as if normal people can just speed dial some white-shoe senior partner and get them on a $10k/m retainer stat. Unless you are sitting on some real family wealth this idea that you can just "lawyer up" against the friggin' FBI is just laughable. Might as well advise people to "always call the president and get him on side". "Always"! Like it's checking tire pressure before a long drive or something. "Oh yeah I always bring a couple of $1000/hr lawyers with me to important meetings. Better safe than sorry. What, you don't?"
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoThere’s a great, cheaper alternative to lawyering up when your participation is optional: don’t participate and don’t discuss anything.