I wish the FBI weren't so picky about irrelevant factors in hiring -- it would make it a lot easier for them to get top-quality talent in technical areas like c

I wish the FBI weren't so picky about irrelevant factors in hiring -- it would make it a lot easier for them to get top-quality talent in technical areas like computer security (for internal use and for computer crime investigations). It's really a two-class system, where people who are full agents (the badge/gun/etc. thing) exist pretty separately from support. There are certainly reasons to want people involved in investigations to be full agents when possible, but it does make hiring a lot more difficult.