The FBI Doubles Down on Easing ‘Bestiality’ Hiring Standards

Tim Marchman · WIRED

Patel explained to Senator John Kennedy, the Louisiana Republican, that previously, regulations had barred anyone who engaged in bestiality “on either side of it.”

“Either side of what, the bestiality?” asked Kennedy. “So you disqualified the animal?”

“We have great canines, but we’re not going to disqualify them,” said Patel.

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.