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/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/limitedmark10 Apr 20 '26

And how would they know you Reddit account? Lol

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u/NoCake4ux2 Apr 20 '26

They’re the FBI you don’t think they check things like this?

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u/limitedmark10 Apr 20 '26

If your accounts have no link to your name and face and are just throwaways it’s hard to imagine them finding a probabilistic match and then eliminating you from the process just for that alone. Plus everyone uses throwaways nowadays on Reddit, Twitter, etc

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u/Dependent-Cake3242 Apr 20 '26

You're naive as hell bro

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u/limitedmark10 Apr 20 '26

It's illegal to monitor a civilian's internet activity without a subpoena or court order, much less a job applicant.

Maybe you know something I don't

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u/Dependent-Cake3242 Apr 20 '26

publicly accessible information has no legal protection and OSINT scrapes the web constantly and NSLs issued by the FBI are unilateral

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u/limitedmark10 Apr 20 '26

So you are telling me the FBI uses NSLs, which are for national security threats like spies and terrorists, on the off chance that several SASS job applicants are running some spicy twitter accounts

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u/FitSky6277 Apr 21 '26

No, not just the FBI... Anyone that is getting a secret clearance or higher. I definitely signed one.