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Susan asks…
I also want to know what is the CIA starting salary?
Well, there are actually 3 ways – but they are tough because the CIA gets 6000 to 12,000 applications every month from applicants all throughout the world.
1. The Veteran recruitment plan for veterans. I have seen a lot of people enter the agency in the past year.
2. The internship program that has student job programs.
3. Have both a 4 year college degree and 1 year experience in a “specialized” field.
How The CIA Keeps Employees Happy
Fast Company, on Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:54:15 -0800
Obviously, the CIA is not a perfect place, and the job isn’t for everyone. As with any job, there are pros and cons to the undercover profession. The bureaucracy can be maddening, advancement can be slow, and there are plenty of incompetent jerks, just …
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І am thinking abοut seeking a career in the СIA. But first I would lіke tо know the pеrcеntage of the chancе of bеcoming a CIA agent. І can’t seem to find any statistics online.
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They very carefully screen and select applicants depending upon their particular needs at the time. There are not set standards. Simply said, just because you worked prior in law enforcement does not mean you would make a good candidate for the CIA.
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I am not sure I understand why that would be a negative instead of a positive action.
It definitely is not deemed to be 100% accurate in blocking criminally minded individuals from purchasing guns. But people need to realize the one bad guy is kept from harming someone. Decent, law abiding americans would not be deterred into not purchasing a firearm simply because of a gun background check, specially given the fact that they know they will pass it.
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Most of the individuals who fall into the category of being against gun background checks are privacy advocates and conspiracy theorists.
For example, they are worried about the privacy implications of having the federal government notice their existence. Even more worrisome to them is that it is in connection to buying a gun. They also worry about how deep the background check would be fearing it may uncover other things that are not related to their capability to become a firearms purchaser. They feel that medical or psychiatric records may also be examined to determine their overall state of health. It’s all about them not wanting the government to be intrusive into their personal affairs.
Then they go on thinking that now that the information on them has been gathered, could it be used for something more nefarious?
What if it falls into the wrong hands? Are they now on a secret government list along with many other paranoid thoughts.
Then on the other “legit” side of the equation, some people just don’t want to wait until the gun background check is completed because they are fearing for their life under some type of stressful situation (i.e., stalker, ex-spouse, angry neighbor, etc.)
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NRA head says background checks will fix nothing
USA TODAY, on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:54:33 -0700
National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre used his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday to slam several gun related proposals currently making their way through the Senate and rebut critics who have …
Senate panel approves gun background check bill
Washington Post, on Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:57:22 -0700
A divided Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a Democratic bill expanding required federal background checks for nearly all gun purchases. The sponsor is New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who said the measure will reduce gun …
Why the NRA keeps talking about mental illness, rather than guns
The Economist (blog), on Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:01:02 -0700
The NRA backs the FBI-run instant background checks system used by gun dealers when selling firearms, Mr LaPierre noted. It supports putting all those adjudicated mentally incompetent into the system, and deplores the fact that many states are still …
I am traveling to SingaporeThe Singapore embassy requires that I submit proof of an FBI background check along with other credentials. How do I go about this FBI background check process?
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You need to go to your local police station and have them process fingerprint card. By law,j the police officer has to write down his/her badge number in the fingerprint card. The police station can mail the request themselves to the FBI.
I believe the FBI fee in addition to your local police fingerprinting fee would total about $80.00. The FBI will return your proof of background check to your home address. In any case, if you feel more comfortable mailing the fingerprint card yourself along with a money order for the total amount, their mailing address is:
FBI, Criminal Justice Information Services Division
Attention: SCU, Mod D-2
1000 Custer Hollow Road
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306
U.S.A.
FBI — Criminal Background Check
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Mark asks…
Dear Yahoo, I received an e-mail saying that Yahoo was revamping its e-mail system and that I needed to confirm my address, password, or my e-mail account will be closed down? It also had a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo on the e-mail. I never released any information but I thought Yahoo should know about it. What are your thoughts on this?”
This is a known phishing scam attempting to get you to give them all your personal info. It’s not from Yahoo, just delete it and ignore it or forward it to Yahoo security. Good luck and be careful. I included some reference below that will help you better understand how scam artists work the internet.
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Phishing
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Charles asks…
On the gun regulation questions, some people answer that people should have background checks to buy guns that make sure you’re not a mental case etc and those answers tend to get a lot of thumbs down. Why is this? Is it because people want mental cases to have guns? Or is it the mental cases themselves thumbing it down because they wouldn’t pass such a test?
Thank you… Sounds like you should be subjected to this test.
Of course you need a background check, if the United States doesn’t allow it then any lunatic can buy a gun and go on a rampage!
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Guns for Cash in Virginia! No Background Check, no ID Required
Colin Goddard, a student who was shot four times at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, talks about his experience going to gun shows in his home state of Virginia. After being shot in Virginia, he decided to do something to help make America safer. He took a hidden camera to gun shows to show Americans just how easy it is to buy assault weapons and handguns without a criminal background check and without even having to show a driver’s license. Colin urges you to support closing the gun show loophole that allows dangerous people to buy weapons at gun shows without a criminal background check. He states “No background check, no gun, no excuses.” Click here to sign Colin’s petition: www.bradycampaign.org
Restoration of the Second Amendment (PART ONE)
PART ONE. SEE PART TWO The number of well-publicized public shootings during the past few years, especially the tragedy at Columbine High School, has re-energized the gun control movement. As a show of strength, a coalition of gun control groups has organized a “Million Mom March” to be held in Washington, DC on Mother’s Day, an event designed to stir up emotions rather than promote rational thought. And when one looks at the facts about gun control, it’s easy to see why the anti-gun lobby relies on emotion rather than logic to make its case. Think you know the facts about gun control? If your only source of information is the mainstream media, what you think you know may not be correct. Take the quiz below and test your knowledge. David Lampo is the publications director at the Cato Institute. 1. Thousands of children die annually in gun accidents. False. Gun accidents involving children are actually at record lows, although you wouldn’t know it from listening to the mainstream media. In 1997, the last year for which data are available, only 142 children under 15 years of age died in gun accidents, and the total number of gun-related deaths for this age group was 642. More children die each year in accidents involving bikes, space heaters or drownings. The often repeated claim that 12 children per day die from gun violence includes “children” up to 20 years of age, the great majority of whom are young adult males who die in gang-related violence. 2. Gun shows are …
Steven asks…
I would like to go to the public records office and find specific mortgage information. For example, what type of mortgage someone has.
Go to the local Registrar of Deeds (or whatever your local public records office is called) and tell the person there that you would like to look up the information on such-and-such property. He/she will show you how to use the card file or the computer to do the search. You need to know either the owner’s name or the Legal Description of the property. If you don’t know, the local Tax Collecting Department can give you that information.
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Mary asks…
My landlord want to do a background check on new renters she is expecting soon…she was wondering which site is really good…she is not much concerned about its being free…but it should be authenticate ..not a money and time wasting….we are in Tacoma WA..government agency or police can help in this?
Thanks charlsyeh — You mentioned don’t pay to any one..and u mentioned it takes a little work …but you didn’t mention what should we do to check him or her?
As noted above me, the free and civilian sites do have full access to the police data bases and their information is highly erratic at best.
Best advice, since I am not familiar with WA law, would be to stop in at your local Sheriff or Police Department. Explain what you want to do and why. They can ( at least in Ohio, where I live), give you the proper forms for a person to fill out requesting their own BCI check. This is a state wide form that is used by Police that will give any and all criminal activities that the person may have been involved with. The form is a permission slip that they need to sign. The proper one calls for fingerprints, but you can ask about running a social only. The social can be unreliable if a person knows how to get around false socials. The usual cost for a BCI check is $18.
Best of luck and I hope this is useful to you
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Charles asks…
My buddy Pete was recently convicted and sentenced in Georgia. I just don’t know for what crime, I have his name and exact DOB. Can you tell me where I can access his criminal history for free?
I would like to know more about the nature of his criminal offenses. I just don’t want to spend any money in doing so.
Precisely what individuals do not fully grasp is that background check companies are a business just like any other and they cannot offer something for free when it costs them money to obtain.
The online criminal search websites that claim do a “free” criminal background check are advertising supported and will provide you very little information or in most cases, they show that they found a possible match and if you want to know more information — then you have to pay a premium price or subscription.
In the end, it will cost you much more than if you were to have used a legitimate background check company to begin with.
Just to throw a bone at you, if your buddy has now become part of the Georgia Department of Corrections, they do have a free inmate search (convicted felons in state prisons). Do a Google search for GA DOC.
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Two Texas state agencies will pay $175,000 to settle sex discrimination lawsuits filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division, the federal entities announced today. The EEOC and DOJ had charged the state agencies with responsibility for gender-based pay discrimination at another, now-defunct, state agency.
Source: EEOC Press Release
Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:41:11 +0000
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finished fiscal year 2012 with record high monetary recoveries for victims of discrimination, as well as a significant decrease in its inventory of pending cases, the agency announced in its Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) released Nov. 16. This is the first performance report compiled under the standards of the EEOC’s new Strategic Plan adopted on February 22, 2012, after comprehensive review and significant public input. The new plan took effect in March, 2012.
Source: EEOC Press Release
Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:32:23 +0000