I have an interim clearance and have been working for almost three months, this is all just for my final clearence
Will do Cal thank you
either way, there’s no way they could think I was trying to hide being in the military from homeland security, clearly they would ask me about it, but I wasn’t in the military; I tried to join. and when they asked me about it I told them everything. But thanks
The question asks have you ever served in the US military. Many people who get uncharacteristically discharged from boot camp for various reasons pregnancy, injury, incompatibility, etc. don’t list this brief service because they have no expectation of creditable service or benefits like those who truly serve. I’ve had 30 years veterans of one service not list the 2 weeks of boot camp from an alternate service that they dropped out of because they were certain their decades long military record showed no service credit for the 2 weeks of navy boot camp they dropped out of before they went on to their 30 years of Army service.
yep. Yelled at me so loud the FSO came into the room to stop him from disturbing the rest of the floor. Subject left and never returned. He also had two minor misdemeanors expunged that he was mad we knew about.
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This post spoke to my soul. Currently, I’m working only DHS, and all of my subjects live on the US/Mexico border. I specifically ask the subject if every single listed reference or source speaks English, flat out telling the Subject that I do not speak Spanish, and if their neighbor/coworker/whomever only speaks Spanish, to let me know so I can locate a Spanish speaking investigator to contact them so their investigation isn’t delayed. They SWEAR their sources speak English. I even sometimes ask them to confirm they personally have spoken English with these people, saying that I realize that bilingual people living in border cities may not realize that someone else is not bilingual, so I need to know how to contact these people, if need be. They all say yup - definitely speak English. I call the person…. Zero English. 
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Sounds like they are just being caught off guard and may be using that as an excuse to not participate. Maybe make sure the subject is giving them a heads up?
This write up made me even more neurotic for me interview coming up Jesus Christ lol
A lot has changed since this was posted. No more RESI coverage for one. They were always the worst part of the job and rarely offerred anything pertinent. Whenever you are dealing with many people with a varying degree of reading/writing/comprehension level you are going to deal with this kind of thing in the job. It’s always different every day.
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You do realize that people don’t need to admit to your they speak English right??? Perhaps they told their friend they are happy to cooperate with you but in reality the don’t want to. It is their choice. Freedom of choice is still around…for now.
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Reminds me of a time that I was TDY in southern Texas. Many, many Spanish speakers, and my Spanish was limited to asking for a bathroom and ordering a beer. Knocking on doors in a neighborhood to get residence coverage. Woman answers the door, I introduce myself, she immediately starts with “no hablo english, sorry” and closes the door. From inside the closed door I hear a man say “who was it” (In English) and her reply (also in English) “oh, just someone looking to talk about John smith”
I had to laugh. I would have given my first born to have been fluent in Spanish and answered her.