{"id":2201704,"date":"2024-03-19T08:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginia-ag-asks-fbi-to-remove-dei-from-recruitment-process-priorities\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T09:05:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:05:52","slug":"west-virginia-ag-asks-fbi-to-remove-dei-from-recruitment-process-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginia-ag-asks-fbi-to-remove-dei-from-recruitment-process-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia Attorney General Calls on FBI to Drop DEI Criteria in Hiring Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwest-virginia-ag-asks-fbi-to-remove-dei-from-recruitment-process-priorities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2201704&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>West\u2064 Virginia AG Raises Concerns Over FBI Recruitment Practices<\/h2>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-defends-mara-gays-disturbing-american-flags-statement-social-media-pounds-them\/\" title=\"NYT Defends Mara Gay\u2019s \u2018Disturbing\u2019 American Flags Statement. Social Media Pounds Them.\">bold move<\/a> \u2063that could change the landscape of federal hiring practices,\u200b <strong>West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey<\/strong> thrust the FBI into the spotlight\u2064 with a probing letter addressed to \u2062the organization&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-senior-cia-official-who-posted-pro-palestinian-images-to-social-media\/\" title=\"Introducing the CIA Official Advocating for Palestine on Social Media\">associate deputy director<\/a> this past \u2063Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The heart of the issue, Morrisey points out, \u200cis the prioritization of diversity,\u200c equity, and inclusion (DEI) as the benchmark in \u2062the Bureau&#8217;s recruitment and internal advancement policies. This approach, according to Morrisey, stands in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-nadler-call-flynn-pardon-abuse-of-power\/\" title=\"Schiff, Nadler Call Flynn Pardon 'Abuse of Power'\">direct opposition<\/a>\u2062 to the nation&#8217;s non-discrimination statutes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>  \u201cLet me be clear: however you look at it, discrimination is wrong and has no place in our society. Race-conscious recruitment, hiring and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revealed-whistleblower-docs-show-big-4-firms-massive-anti-racist-indoctrination\/\" title=\"Revealed: Whistleblower Docs Show \u2018Big 4\u2019 Firm\u2019s Massive \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019 Indoctrination\">promotion practices<\/a> in the FBI only foster division and stereotypes,\u201d Morrisey stated. \u201cThe\u200d FBI \u2064is renowned as the country&#8217;s premier law enforcement entity, but \u200cit appears to be veering \u200daway from its fundamental value of recruiting exceptionally talented\u200d individuals, instead selecting staff\u200b based\u2064 on gender, sexual orientation, and race.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Morrisey&#8217;s commentary didn&#8217;t\u200d emerge in a vacuum; it&#8217;s supported by the\u2064 findings of \u2064a \u2064disturbing report submitted to the U.S. House\u2064 Judiciary Committee, indicating alarm over the FBI&#8217;s Special\u200c Agent recruitment and selection trends. Anecdotal evidence from undisclosed\u200d FBI insiders further fortified these \u2063concerns.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Findings and the Path Forward<\/h3>\n<p>The report in question calls for heightened transparency \u2062in how the FBI courts and chooses its team members. It acknowledges missteps the Bureau may have stumbled upon historically and asserts that a bipartisan methodology is crucial for rectification moving ahead.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Urgent need for\u2063 transparency in FBI\u200b recruitment<\/li>\n<li>Recognition of past\u2063 recruitment shortcomings<\/li>\n<li>Bipartisan efforts mandated for\u200d future improvements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Attorney General&#8217;s critique \u2062underscores how essential it is for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-pass-bills-ending-covid-emergency-health-care-worker-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"House Republicans Pass Bills Ending COVID Emergency, Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate\">federal bodies<\/a> \u200bto mirror the laws they uphold. Morrisey&#8217;s demand for clarity isn&#8217;t simply on behalf of West Virginia&#8217;s citizens\u2014it&#8217;s a national call.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>  \u2064\u200b \u201cI write in the hope that you can provide answers to \u2062real questions that the Bureau&#8217;s actions have\u200b generated,\u201d Morrisey implored. \u201cWest Virginians\u2014and the American people\u2014deserve to\u200d know\u200b whether their government is abiding by the very \u200claws it is\u2063 tasked to\u2064 enforce.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With this correspondence, Morrisey isn&#8217;t just advocating for a standardized hiring code; he&#8217;s championing a culture within the FBI that rewards merit, \u2063skills, and unbiased excellence\u2014values quintessential for America&#8217;s chief law enforcement beacon to shine brightly once again.<\/p>\n<p>Attention \u2063now\u200d turns to the \u200bFBI&#8217;s\u2064 response, as \u2063the nation waits to see if this letter sparks a transformative overhaul in the venerable\u200c agency&#8217;s recruitment ethos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Virginia&#8217;s Attorney General, Patrick Morrisey, challenged the FBI&#8217;s focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in recruitment, alleging it violates anti-discrimination laws, in a letter to the agency&#8217;s associate deputy director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2201705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23333855266747.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23333855266747.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}