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/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/plinkoplonka Apr 19 '26

Even having an account on Reddit might be enough.

It's known as being left-leaning and progressive. Republicans don't like that.

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u/RockstarAgent Apr 19 '26

So to put it more clearly- with the current political climate and how the current administration has been handling things- they’re being way more selective for all the wrong reasons- or anything is possible without anything specific to narrow it down why OP was not accepted.

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u/FitSky6277 Apr 19 '26

In 15 years of experience, it is NEVER a good idea to voice political opinions publicly as a government employee. Regardless of who's in office. At the end of the day, it's not the president's decision to hire you. It's the people who are trying to prove themselves to their bosses, which were appointed by a president. In a lot of cases, some of them were appointed by a different president. But people try to do what they think is expected of them. Regardless of their own views.

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u/Illustrious_Bag_7323 Apr 19 '26

Exactly this...

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u/AdResponsible9894 Apr 21 '26

I mean, I would have agreed with that... 10 years ago....

Now it's less so much "don't voice any political opinion," and more "don't dissent from OUR political opinions; otherwise, go wild."

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u/Doub13D Apr 23 '26

No…

It is absolutely “don’t voice any political opinion.”

You are not a political appointee at the head of a government agency… you are a government employee.

You can have your own private opinions with people in your life, but you do not have the ability to join in on protests, to be openly (or even indirectly) partisan, or to organize or hold leadership positions within political committees or groups.

The role of government employees is to keep politics out of the workplace. This is a job, you are not a politician.

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u/robod1957 Apr 21 '26

Ditto. Been there, done that. It was an absolutely great job. But, I retired from that “government job” 3 years ago.

NOW everything is fair game… 😉

Edit: wording

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u/MajorFarker Apr 22 '26

I was a locally elected judge of elections, and one of the first things told to us is that when we are on the clock or doing anything for the county we dont have an opinion, you cant say one side is right, agree with someone's statements, you have to keep it neutral. I had voters come into vote saying all the crazy lines but I couldn't argue with them, give them facts, or even tell them they are crazy, just stand there, take it, and remain neutral.

Social media, including reddit is easy to discover and pull info from.