FBI Director Kash Patel defended the bureau's removal of automatic hiring disqualifiers for prostitution, employee theft, and bestiality, saying it protects trafficking victims. Sen. Dick Durbin and former FBI official Andrew McCabe publicly disputed that framing.
Seyed Eissa Hashemi is an organizational-leadership educator and researcher. A 2025 author biography identifies him as an adjunct assistant professor in The Chicago School's I/O Psychology Department; his published work examines authentic leadership, resilience, depth psychology, and environmental psychology.
Maryam Tahmasebi is a psychology educator and researcher. A 2025 author biography identifies her as an adjunct assistant professor of psychology at Los Angeles Pierce College and The Chicago School; her multidisciplinary work addresses climate crisis in Indigenous agricultural communities, decolonial psychology, feminist psychology, and public education.