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alltopics.com/politics/FBI-Agents-Cheat-On-Exams

A Justice Department investigation found that FBI agents and supervisors cheated on an open-book test that covered the bureau's policies for conducting surveillance on Americans. The cheating scandal comes at the same time as a different report that says the FBI used inaccurate information to monitor domestic activist groups. It was revealed the FBI gave false information to Congress and the public when it claimed a possible terrorism link to justify spying on an anti-war rally in Pittsburgh in 2002.In the report the FBI calls the Pittsburgh surveillance "an ill-conceived project on a slow work day". So they were sitting around coming up with bogus excuses to spy on people? Way to make yourselves look like an integral part of this country's security.

genuinegirly

Here's the video frankies mentioned above:

I'm glad that this is making news. I don't know what your response is, but I'm pissed.


Here is an electronic copy of the official report:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38230785/D...-Investigation

Here are a couple of news and opinion articles about the topic, in case anyone is interested in reading more:
SpyTalk - FBI cheating confirmed by Justice Department
Report: Significant cheating by FBI agents on exam - Yahoo! News

And some older articles from the beginning of the investigation:
FBI employees reportedly cheated on security test | Reuters
Alleged FBI cheating investigated - UPI.com
Hundreds of FBI agents 'cheated on spying rules test' - Telegraph

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Ourcrazymodern?

How does one cheat on an open-book test? "I spy, with my little eye?"

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Tully Mars

Somehow I'm not shocked. Saddened but not shocked. I didn't read all the articles, any word on the fate of the cheaters?

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FuglyStick

So...FBI agents are just like everybody else?

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genuinegirly

The only people who seem to be scolded are the test-writers for making a difficult, ambiguous test, and not making the definition of cheating for this specific test more clear.

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Pearl Trade

Maybe they used notes or got help from their buddy. I didn't read any of the articles, it might say what they did in one of the links.

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genuinegirly

They consulted their fellow test-takers, brought unapproved cheat sheets, and found a fault in the computerized exam to view a list of the correct answers.

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Baraka_Guru

Wait a minute!

Isn't gaming the system a part of the test?!

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Tully Mars

That's the CIA test.

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