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FBI Need Potheads To Fight Cybercrime

An anonymous reader writes "The rate of cybercrime is growing and growing, and law enforcement is struggling to keep up. The FBI is in the process of beefing up its headcount, but they're running into a problem: many of the hackers applying for these jobs have a history of marijuana use, and the agency has a zero tolerance policy. FBI Director James Comey said, 'I have to hire a great work force to compete with those cyber criminals and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview.' However, change may be on the horizon: Comey said the FBI is changing 'both our mindset and the way we do business.' He also encouraged job applications from former pot users despite the policy."

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  1. Re:Let me know when you win that war on drugs? by NotInHere · · Score: 5, Funny

    Smoke from what? Too much current? Its pretty hard to make a pothead smoke!

  2. Re:Let me know when you win that war on drugs? by DeathElk · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least he doesn't smoke crack, unlike you...

  3. Re:Let me know when you win that war on drugs? by 91degrees · · Score: 4, Funny

    Top 3%, designed everything from anti-matter weapons to consumer teleportation devices, been an a-list celebrity, received 3 doctorates from Oxford universties, all on the subject of bovine defecation and have the gall to offer my top of the line Theramin for $35,000.25