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The FBI Doubles Down on Easing ‘Bestiality’ Hiring Standards (www.wired.com)

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“Why would you even get into bestiality?” he asked. “We’re not into bestiality,” said Patel.

In a further exchange, Patel explained to Senator John Kennedy, the Louisiana Republican, that previously, regulations had barred anyone who engaged in bestiality “on either side of it.”

“Either side of what, the bestiality?” asked Kennedy. “So you disqualified the animal?”

“We have great canines, but we’re not going to disqualify them,” said Patel.

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[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I was sitting here wondering why there would be such a wide spread issue such that they would move to change the rules instead of just covering up some isolated incident.

I didn't think of hazing as a possibility, but that totally tracks and just reiterates how totally screwed up their candidate pool is...

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