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FBI Might Chill Out About Hiring Stoners

FBI Director James Comey said the agency might rework the section of its hiring policy that addresses marijuana use. AP Photo/Brennan Linsle

By Adam Vaccaro

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Here’s the problem, in three parts. The FBI needs hackers to fight cybercrime. Some hackers like to smoke pot. And the FBI has rules against hiring people who smoke pot.

Oh, and Lord knows the FBI’s never paid anybody who’s committed a crime worse than getting high.

But, as the Wall Street Journal tells it, the agency might be willing to overlook the ganja thing.

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Comey also said the FBI now works less “in-box,’’ the Journal reports, which is almost like saying it’s less square.

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