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They don't have to detect it, they'll ask as part of the security interview. The interview is very thorough and requires to be completely transparent and truthf
by speed_spread 3y ago
They don't have to detect it, they'll ask as part of the security interview. The interview is very thorough and requires to be completely transparent and truthful in the given answer. The worse that may come out is that you don't get hired (unless you confess to murder, maybe?). Lying, hiding facts or getting whatever kind of crafty to get hired will lead one to MUCH MUCH bigger trouble if/when it gets discovered later on. Think _treason_.
The main idea is to assess the ways in which an asset can get corrupted by outside influence. Agencies can work with people's various deficiencies and vices, after all it's what they do all day long. But they need to be able to qualify the risk represented by each of their people vs the other agencie's people.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Lying, hiding facts or getting whatever kind of crafty to get hired will lead one to MUCH MUCH bigger trouble if/when it gets discovered later on. Think _treason_. No, don’t think “treason”, because lying on (even a national security related) job-related interview is nothing close to treason. OTOH, lying to government officials about a matter within the jurisdiction is a felony even without invoking weird flights of fancy about treason.
- Spoom 3y ago> Think _treason_. That's hyperbole. According to the United States Constitution, Article III, Section 3: > Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. It's narrowly defined for the very reason that prior history had tons of abuses of a much broader definition to silence political enemies. Granted, lying to federal officials is almost certainly a crime, and not one you'd like to have on your record. But treason it is not.