I served in the Air Force for 26 years. In that time, I held a Top
Secret/SCI clearance with access to compartmentalized programs as well,
some of the most sensitive information that our government possesses. I
was entrusted to fly a $12 million aircraft, command a squadron, run
counterterrorism operations and combat search and rescue operations,
retiring as a colonel, yet I have never taken a polygraph exam like the
one required if I wanted to be a Border Patrol line agent after I
retired, but I was subjected to periodic, very detailed background
checks, background investigations, now called a tier 5 investigation,
which is one that every single one of these agents and officers will
also have to go through. It is a very invasive and thorough
investigation. They talk to your neighbors, your coworkers, look in
your financial records, your employers, you name it, to make sure that
you are qualified.
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