The FBI Doubles Down on Easing ‘Bestiality’ Hiring Standards
The FBI Doubles Down on Easing ‘Bestiality’ Hiring Standards
FBI 坚持放宽涉及“兽奸”行为的招聘标准
Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, told confused members of the Senate judiciary committee on Tuesday that new FBI hiring standards are aimed at protecting “victims of bestiality.” 联邦调查局（FBI）局长卡什·帕特尔（Kash Patel）周二向困惑的参议院司法委员会成员表示，FBI 新的招聘标准旨在保护“兽奸受害者”。
Prior to the current administration, FBI policy was to bar applicants who had, among other things, hired sex workers, stolen from an employer, or engaged in bestiality. In August, CBS News reported that these standards had been relaxed and that multiple sources claimed “the FBI did so to facilitate hiring in some cases.” 在现任政府上台之前，FBI 的政策是禁止那些曾有过雇佣性工作者、盗窃雇主财物或参与兽奸等行为的申请人入职。今年 8 月，哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS News）报道称，这些标准已经放宽，多位消息人士称“FBI 这样做是为了在某些情况下促进招聘”。
According to a letter from Senate Democrats to Patel, new standards appear to have been quietly enacted as early as February 2025. They now allow for the hiring of someone who, for example, stole from an employer more than three years ago, or “paid for sex fewer than three times more than 10 years ago”—traditionally disqualifying because it carries blackmail risk—as long as they weren’t in a position of “public trust.” 根据参议院民主党人致帕特尔的一封信，新标准似乎早在 2025 年 2 月就已经悄然实施。根据新规，如果申请人未担任“公共信托”职位，现在可以录用那些例如在三年前曾盗窃雇主财物，或“在 10 年前曾进行过少于三次性交易”（此类行为因存在勒索风险，传统上会被取消资格）的人员。
But one change has captured more attention than the rest: A “history of bestiality or animal cruelty,” according to the letter, “is not automatically disqualifying under this new policy either, so long as the conduct occurred before the applicant turned 18.” 但其中一项变动引起了最多的关注：据信中称，根据这项新政策，“兽奸或虐待动物的历史”也不再自动导致取消资格，只要这些行为发生在申请人 18 岁之前。
“You dropped automatic disqualification for applicants who have been engaged in bestiality,” said Senator Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, during an oversight hearing Tuesday. “Not victims of bestiality, applicants who have been engaged. Do you disagree with that?” “你们取消了对参与过兽奸的申请人的自动取消资格规定，”伊利诺伊州民主党参议员迪克·德宾（Dick Durbin）在周二的监督听证会上说。“不是兽奸的受害者，而是参与过的人。你不同意这一点吗？”
“Applicants who have engaged in bestiality means they were victims of bestiality because they were forced to do so,” replied Patel. “At this FBI we are not going to criminalize and prevent victims from serving.” “参与过兽奸的申请人意味着他们是兽奸的受害者，因为他们是被迫这样做的，”帕特尔回答道。“在现在的 FBI，我们不会将受害者定罪并阻止他们为国效力。”
In a further exchange, Patel explained to Senator John Kennedy, the Louisiana Republican, that previously, regulations had barred anyone who engaged in bestiality “on either side of it.” 在随后的交流中，帕特尔向路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪（John Kennedy）解释说，此前，法规禁止任何“在兽奸行为中处于任何一方”的人。
“Either side of what, the bestiality?” asked Kennedy. “So you disqualified the animal?” “处于兽奸的哪一方？”肯尼迪问道。“所以你们取消了动物的资格？”
“We have great canines, but we’re not going to disqualify them,” said Patel. “我们有很棒的警犬，但我们不会取消它们的资格，”帕特尔说。
Kennedy said that the change in standards had “really hurt the FBI.” “Why would you even get into bestiality?” he asked. “We’re not into bestiality,” said Patel. 肯尼迪表示，标准的改变“真的伤害了 FBI”。“你们为什么要涉及兽奸问题？”他问道。“我们并不沉迷于兽奸，”帕特尔说。
In a response to a request for clarification from WIRED, the FBI sent a statement that suggests multiple individuals have been disqualified from applying for the agency because they were victims of human-trafficking-related bestiality. 在回应《连线》（WIRED）杂志的澄清请求时，FBI 发送了一份声明，暗示此前有多人因成为人口贩运相关兽奸行为的受害者而被取消了申请资格。
“The FBI has and always will maintain the highest suitability standards for its applicants and employees in the US Government,” the FBI’s national press office said. “The changes you reference allow the FBI to consider applicants and consider the whole of a person in certain circumstances. For example, the FBI has had a number of applicants in previous years who suffered sexual abuse in their past, causing questions about prostitution, bestiality, or other similar issues to affect their background check process through zero fault of their own. Previously, those applicants would be barred from consideration. Now they can be considered. It is false to suggest criminal behavior like this is no longer disqualifying at the FBI—any applicant who has engaged in criminal sexual acts like those referenced would of course not be eligible for employment, and it is ridiculous to suggest otherwise.” “FBI 一直并将继续为其申请人和美国政府雇员保持最高的适任标准，”FBI 国家新闻办公室表示。“你提到的这些变化允许 FBI 在特定情况下考虑申请人，并全面评估一个人。例如，FBI 在过去几年中遇到过一些申请人，他们过去曾遭受性虐待，导致有关卖淫、兽奸或其他类似问题的质疑影响了他们的背景调查过程，而这完全不是他们的错。以前，这些申请人会被排除在考虑范围之外。现在他们可以被考虑了。认为 FBI 不再将此类犯罪行为视为取消资格的理由是错误的——任何参与过上述犯罪性行为的申请人当然都没有资格受雇，认为事实并非如此是荒谬的。”
Under President Donald Trump, the FBI has lost a huge number of experienced personnel. The letter from Senate Democrats asserted that since the beginning of Trump’s second term, a “purge” carried out by Patel has led to the departure of “over 5,000 nonpartisan career personnel, all six former Executive Assistant Directors, and at least 18 Special Agents in Charge,” as well as more than a thousand special agents. 在唐纳德·特朗普总统领导下，FBI 失去了大量经验丰富的人员。参议院民主党人的信中指出，自特朗普第二个任期开始以来，帕特尔进行的“清洗”导致了“超过 5000 名无党派职业人员、全部 6 名前执行助理局长和至少 18 名负责特工”以及一千多名特工离职。