Joe Perticone
Role at the time: Capitol Hill reporter, The Bulwark
Condemned
Statement summary
Joe Perticone said FBI hiring standards are "falling by the wayside" and questioned whether the change attracts the right recruits.
“Standards and practices are kind of falling by the wayside. It's very apparent at the FBI... Maybe lowering standards results in a recruitment bump, but those probably aren't the people you want to have.”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Bulwark panel on the FBI hiring-standards change
Catherine Rampell and Joe Perticone discuss the FBI hiring-standards change on video, ~20:43-23:30.
Why we used this label
Perticone says hiring standards are "falling by the wayside" and questions whether a resulting recruitment bump is worth it, an express condemnation of the policy.