Speaking of which, check out Brookings' very nice "survivor's guide"
on surviving the executive branch appointment/confirmation process.
Background on security investigations a bonus.
-Declan
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 08:56:49PM -0500, Ray Dillinger wrote:
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> On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >US Citizenship is required, as is successful completion of a medical evaluation,
>polygraph interview and an extensive background investigation.
> >
> >A "medical evaluation"??
> >
> >http://www.odci.gov/cia/employment/jobpostings/architectstud.htm
>
> Pretty standard procedure. A medical evaluation can detect drug
> users, alcohol users, people whose brain chemistry is different,
> etc. It can also detect people who are likely to be more or less
> expensive to insure, people who need drugs (from insulin to
> psychopharmaceuticals) to function normally, and people with more
> than a "reasonable" number of knife-fight scars, which might
> indicate that someone is too rash or hotheaded.
>
> It also gets them DNA samples etc, which they can later use to
> positively identify you if you ever get implicated in anything
> criminal or controversial.
>
> And finally, they will wind up knowing all about your tattoos
> and brands if any, which will point out people who were in certain
> gangs and societies during certain time periods.
>
> That's just part of the job. If you're going to handle secret
> material for any government, that government will want to know
> everything about you no matter how invasive, and they will want
> to own every possible bit of leverage anyone can have on you,
> and they want to be damned sure that no one else has any leverage
> on you that they don't know about.
>
> Medical examinations are just one aspect of that.
>
> I bet they audit someone's taxes for the last six years before
> they hire them, too.
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> Bear
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