Why is this idiot running my engineering org?

Re:Why is this idiot running my engineering org? by nabilhat on Friday August 07, 2020 @09:41PM (#24088245)

Yes. I was horrified at the point of:

> ...he closes the door and takes out his badge. “I have to show you this first.”

This job is not near the level of encountering FBI interviews as an actually critical part of work. "How about we circle back when I have legal counsel present" is the least perilous interaction at this point.

> “Oh wait, I forgot something. Could you raise your right hand for a minute?” Confused. I did so. “Everything you told me today is true to the best of your knowledge?”

I mean, the badge part was enough. The 18 U.S.C. § 1001 anvil has already been suspended over your head for 6 years. This is simply cruel.

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Re:Why is this idiot running my engineering org? by ed25519FUUU on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:03PM (#24088355)

Always lawyer up. As we’ve learned in the last few years, the FBI loves to catch people “lying” to agents as a precursor to persecuting them for political reasons.

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Re:Why is this idiot running my engineering org? by sho on Saturday August 08, 2020 @03:20AM (#24089740)

I love how commenters on HN and elsewhere often make the blithe recommendation to "lawyer up" as if normal people can just speed dial some white-shoe senior partner and get them on a $10k/m retainer stat.

Unless you are sitting on some real family wealth this idea that you can just "lawyer up" against the friggin' FBI is just laughable. Might as well advise people to "always call the president and get him on side".

"Always"! Like it's checking tire pressure before a long drive or something. "Oh yeah I always bring a couple of $1000/hr lawyers with me to important meetings. Better safe than sorry. What, you don't?"

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Re:Why is this idiot running my engineering org? by ed25519FUUU on Saturday August 08, 2020 @01:15PM (#24093267)

There’s a great, cheaper alternative to lawyering up when your participation is optional: don’t participate and don’t discuss anything.

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Re:Why is this idiot running my engineering org? by habeebtc on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:18AM (#24088912)

Nah.

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Re:Why is this idiot running my engineering org? by ed25519FUUU on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:50AM (#24089085)

You’re right sorry. I forgot the FBI was full of good guys.

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Re:Why is this idiot running my engineering org? by RaptorJ on Saturday August 08, 2020 @01:23AM (#24089278)

Well maybe there was an annular region there in the 90s when the FBI's mission was still in-between 'try to assassinate black activists', and 'give fake bombs to muslim teenagers and then arrest them for it'.

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