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Pressure is mounting to reduce standards so that we can hire more Border Patrol agents. Not a good idea. But there is a middle way that still could win out and ensure the quality of new hires, so that ...

Federal agencies have stepped up their efforts over the past few weeks to find potential leakers, and some — like the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense — are ...

The DEA hired dozens of special agents who failed a polygraph exam during the hiring process, according to a new federal watchdog report. The report by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector ...

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has pushed back on a report that claimed a key part of his background check for the top job was waived by Director Kash Patel, calling it a “complete fabrication.” ...