Parents say Quit Poker...FBI - Page 4

WhoIam · #31 12-24-2006, 06:42 PM

Alcohol is legal, but the FBI isn't going to hire you if you get wasted every night. They don't mind if you have a few drinks once in a while. It is the same with gambling. OP, obviously you've had to deal with the majority of people you mention poker to not understanding your hobby or thinking you're a degenerate. What makes you think the FBI would be different? If you're not sure about this, contact an FBI recruiter to find out for sure.

wpr101 · #32 12-24-2006, 09:27 PM

I have a top secret clearance and play online. It is not a problem. Seriously.

AlienBoy · #33 12-25-2006, 05:33 PM

I told everyone so... LOL

AB

Erik Blazynski · #34 12-25-2006, 08:05 PM

to get this clearance you are going to have to take a lie detector test. This may or may not be one of the questions. Whatever you do, don't lie. If they don't want you because you gamble then you are going to have to find a different job. They are going to ask about your history of gambling, not what you do now or what you plan to do. This is who you are and there is no way around it. Fess up to everything. I have a friend to get hired with a clearance and he was honest about past drug use and he still got the clearance

Erik Blazynski · #35 12-25-2006, 08:16 PM

lie detector tests

deleteduser · #36 12-26-2006, 01:13 AM

Sounds like you have a problem, unless you are betting for a second income i would stop and get a grasp on your career first

spino1i · #37 12-26-2006, 11:36 AM

I would worry more about illegal drug use than poker. Their illegal drug lines are pretty f'ing strict. I would imagine it would disqualify most people.

I also suspect not passing the lie-detection test or having "murky" results will not neccesarly disqualify you, and you certainly wont get arrested or any such thing. Lie-detectors dont exactly have a history of being proven to work. There are too many false positives to rely on it too much.

spino1i · #38 12-26-2006, 01:03 PM

http://antipolygraph.org/lie-behind-...e-detector.pdf

I would read this if you are considering working for the FBI. This talks about the polygraph test, the problems it has, and how to pass it and not get a false positive.

kyro · #39 12-26-2006, 01:26 PM

I don't get it. You need your parents permission to play poker and you want to work as a special agent for the FBI.

Like...seriously?

toots · #40 12-26-2006, 07:00 PM

A little prudence wouldn't hurt here.

I mean, if you seriously want to be an FBI special agent, would it really hurt so much to give up gambling until you've got the job and/or found out first hand what's permissible?

We can argue until we're all blue in the face as to whether your poker/BJ playing would disqualify you, but it's certainly easy to see that not playing will do you no harm in that regard.

If giving up gambling and/or poker would cause you that great a hardship, maybe they'd be right not to hire you. Optional activities that can easily be given up generally aren't a problem. Optional activities that aren't easily given up generally are.