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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister is an intel analyst with the FBI and she has a graduate degree in anthropology from an English university. She does a lot of writing and preparing “products.”  Intel analysts have to go to Quantico to attend training at the FBI Academy in a course called ACES, where agents-in-training will also be in a lot of the classes with you. It is true that it’s very divided between agents and everyone else (“support staff,” even if you have PhDs or law degrees).

As an FYI, I have a graduate degree in criminology and I work for the DOJ. It’s not the world’s worst major…[/quote]

I did that job, too, many years ago.  This was all accurate back then, and the second class treatment is part of why I left.  Agents who washed out of training could automatically slide into an intel analyst slot as a consolation prize - because intel analysis itself was not seen as a specialization you needed particular experience and skills to do.  They were trying to professionalize the intel career track, and I hope they have, but I did not feel I'd be able to reach my potential there.

Fwiw, I passed the poly and got a clearance even after admitting several instances of drug use in my youth, along with other minor delinquencies.  I would say probably 10 years had passed since last use at that point.[/quote]

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