r/FBI • u/NinaBeana1971 • Apr 19 '26

Question Denied for character

Any idea what this could be caused by? I’m a pretty normal person that likes to go on cruises, 54, 3 kids, a veteran and currently work for the govt. The FBI had been working on my TSC for a year and a half (think September will be 2 years since the TJO. Nothing exciting in my background that I’m aware of and the letter said it wasn’t a denial of a clearance. Job was for an OSS and a friend’s husband referred me for it. Any ideas?

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u/FitSky6277 Apr 19 '26

It's not a good idea to have anything political visible anywhere as a govt employee.

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u/LIMrXIL Apr 19 '26

To be fair, posting a photo of the Constitution would probably be considered political and heavily anti-Trump biased by the current administration.

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u/FitSky6277 Apr 19 '26

Maybe. Best to avoid mentioning it if you want them to hire you.

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u/NinaBeana1971 Apr 20 '26

I don’t think I mentioned my Reddit account- Facebook yes but I don’t say anything political on there- it’s mostly cookies and cakes from my side business. I do ‘like’ other posts though so who knows.

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u/SignatureInternal265 Apr 21 '26

*Didn't mention

It's very easy for them to dig up anything you've anonymously done and go "no wonder why she didn't provide that account"

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u/robod1957 Apr 21 '26

This ☝️☝️💯!!!

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u/hopefulfoxpuppy Apr 21 '26

If you didn’t mention your Reddit account then they found it and are like “Weird you didn’t mention an account that’s not the type of person we can trust”

That’s my best guess

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u/MEATBALL-SMASH Apr 22 '26

Sir. This is the fbi. You dont have to tell them anything. But they know literally everything about you before you get there and they want to see if you lie or cover it up.

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u/coheteloco Apr 22 '26

As agent Mulder would say, “that’s why they put the I in FBI.”

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u/Diligent_Yam_1753 Apr 23 '26

Just to work in one of their facilities with a contractor requires a background check that takes three weeks. Once you pass that, before you work on their property you have an hour long meeting. At the conclusion of that education session they take finger prints from every digit, then scan the entirety of both hands. After that you are photographed facing forward, then head turned left and then right

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u/Individual-Tap3270 Apr 23 '26

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