What I See: A Message from the Assistant Director of the FBI’s Training Division

The physical and intellectual standards required to be an FBI special agent are extraordinarily high. And the odds of becoming one are extraordinarily low, given our selectivity. So how best to address recent criticism that unfairly and inaccurately derided the FBI for recruiting and retaining unqualified candidates, allegedly to meet diversity hiring goals?

Here’s what I see as the head of the FBI Training Academy at Quantico, Virginia: I see the men and women who arrive here as new agent trainees after a remarkably arduous application process. I see them study and train; I see them learn and grow; and I see them graduate to become an integral part of the FBI. I see today’s FBI (and its future, walking our hallways), and the quality of our new agents is superb.

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