CIA/NRO interview process ...

[jander]

Cia process:

first interview
conditional offer (pending security clearance)
vistit to DC
-polygraph
-med exam
-psych exam

thats its folks...takes about a year

[jander]

That is total BS and has no weight.  I know from personal experience.  I had middle eastern friends.

[Truelies]

That is total BS and has no weight.  I know from personal experience.  I had middle eastern friends.

Jander,

What is "total BS" and has no weight?  Please Be more specific.  

Depends on the nature of your relationship with your ME friends, and their particular background.
I know from some personal experience too.....

-TL

[jander]

True-lies, that was my point...there is no sure rule.  Just because you have arab friends really means nothing.  They didn't even check some of mine out who are in foreign countries right now...

[Truelies]

True-lies, that was my point...there is no sure rule.  Just because you have arab friends really means nothing.  They didn't even check some of mine out who are in foreign countries right now...


  Ok... my point being that having a few ME friends in your neighborhood, or at a university etc.. will most likely NOT prevent you from receiving a security clearance.  
  However, people with a longer, more involved history in/with with the Near Eastern/South Asian region(s) and peoples may get knocked off...These are usually the people that posses the type of linguistic proficiency that federal agencies really need.  
  
BTW- Were you successful in the applicant process?  

[Seeker]

Not that I know a damned thing, but I side on the side of Mr. Mallah's post.  
I have seen too much racial profiling being done.
Hell, I get questioned about all phone calls I make overseas to the ME to my family and friends on a routing basis.  I am not talking about those "How is the family" questions either.  I have been asked to divuldge more information about my associates that anyone should ever have to.  I sat in a 36-hour "John Wayne" marathon after 9/11 because my ex-husband's associates.  Like any of us keep up with our ex's lives once we move on.  
Be careful in thinking that these relationships have no bearing.  If they contain so much weight with me as a civilian, what do you suppose they carry for someone entering LE?
Oh, and Mr. Mallah, the agents that I have been in contact with match your description except that they lack the beefy part.  They have all been pretty lanky IMHO.  And, I must add...very severely suffering from a desperate need to have their egos boosted.  
 

[Mark Mallah]

Oh, and Mr. Mallah, the agents that I have been in contact with match your description except that they lack the beefy part.  They have all been pretty lanky IMHO.  And, I must add...very severely suffering from a desperate need to have their egos boosted.  

Just to clarify, I was quoting an article written by Claire Berlinski.  The description was hers.

[Seeker]

Mr. Mallah:
My apologies for the misquote.
 

[jander]

I was successful, with pretty darn close ME friends too...

[upcomingtest]

hey everyone... this is a great site and its good to know there are others out there... in about a week i'm aiming to fool the foolers and need some help... specifically... what questions should i anticipate being asked by the cia during the poly test? what procedures, tactics, info should i be aware of? any additional info would be great... help me be a step ahead... thanks

[Torpedo]

Does this mean I have to list George as a "close" and continuing relationship.....probably not because I am sure he is probably out there marching and holding signs with the war protestors in the Hague.  My kind of friend!

[Twoblock]

From: An old Navy man:

To:    Anti-polys

"DAMN THE TORPEDO - FULL SPEED AHEAD"

[Torpedo]

Two Block......an old Navy man eh?...and you come out on the side of some of the anti-war leftists on this site.....shame, shame, shame.   If this is true then my #1 tube is being acquired on you!

[anonymouse1]

Two Block......an old Navy man eh?...and you come out on the side of some of the anti-war leftists on this site.....shame, shame, shame.   If this is true then my #1 tube is being acquired on you!

Um, a little more informationt han I really needed This is a family bulletin board torpedo, the leather bar is down the street to the left...

[Torpedo]

Hey anonymouse1....what are YOU talking about......I am sure that Two-Block knew what I was talking about and it certainly wasn't obscene as you make it out to be....at least one thing....you divulged your direction..."LEFT".....was that a Freudian slip?