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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 10:06 AM
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FBI Scrutinized Over Possible Test Cheating
Edited on Wed Jul-28-10 10:07 AM by sabra
Source: CBS News/AP

Hundreds of Agents Investigated for Cheating On Test Of Surveillance Rules

(AP) The Justice Department is investigating whether hundreds of FBI agents cheated on a test of new rules allowing the bureau to conduct surveillance and open cases without evidence that a crime has been committed.

In some instances, agents took the open-book test together, violating rules that they take it alone. Others finished the lengthy exam unusually quickly, current and former officials said.

In Columbia, S.C., agents printed the test in advance to use as a study guide, according to a letter to the inspector general from the FBI Agents Association that summarized the investigation. The inspector general investigation also was confirmed by current and former officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.

"There are similar stories for practically every office, demonstrating the pervasive confusion and miscommunication that existed," Konrad Motyka, the association's president, wrote May 13 in the letter obtained by The Associated Press.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/28/national/main6719902.shtml?tag=stack
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 10:21 AM
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1. Aw, gee, Beav! Ya think if they did that for the public schools' SAT tests
the scores would be higher, too? :sarcasm:
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 10:57 AM
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2. Nothing like having all these FBI agents who don't know the rules.
This is just asking for some serious rights violations. Did these asscarrots even go through college?
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superconnected Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 11:17 AM
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3. "new rules allowing the bureau to conduct surveillance and open cases without evidence that a crime
has been committed."

Since the new rules allow the breach of our privacy, I'd be afraid to see what the test is on. I mean - how to not get caught up in the old rules were our privacy was considered?


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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 06:37 PM
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6. You put your finger on the real story. Constitution shredding.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 11:25 AM
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4. No, FBI agents? Cheating? Impossible!
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 01:40 PM
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5. Anyone else seen the comic irony with cheating on a surveillance test? nt
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 10:35 PM
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7. These guys get paid way too much for this to be allowed. (nt)
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