What a fabulous piece and a great idea in the first place, and the pay off—that they hired you—is both astonishing and terrifying. It is pretty terrible that it is so easy to fire huge numbers of qualified and experienced federal employees, and then so easy to hoover anonymous thugs off the street. And I love your writing, you are a treat to us all.
“ICE’s recruitment push is so sloppy that the administration effectively has no idea who’s joining the agency’s ranks.” Just as the previous admin had no idea who was crossing the border.
An acquaintance of mine who joined ice, recently talked about a person who was hired that was in a wheelchair and paraplegic who reported for training at fletc. No background check, no physical.
Hey Laura. I’m just getting around to reading your Slate article and it doesn’t seem to give access to the complete article if I’m not a subscriber. It gets partway in and goes to nonstop ads. Is there any other way I can view it? Thanks!!
Laura Jedeed was doing a first rate Public Interest job for US. She may be doing a better job defending US by critiquing the Private Interest as well as Public Interest side of her own Job Seeker's portfolio. I wish I was her Show Biz or Journalistic\Publishing\Show Biz Agent, because she's appearing all over the place telling her tale of her move from fighting for US in Afghanistan and then in our own domestic Lower 48 border job of 'National Security':
"Journalist Tests ICE Recruitment; Surprised to Find Herself Hired with No Background Check"
Democracy Now!
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As her soon-to-be Hollywood Super Agent and current Portland, Ore neighbor\job-seeking paper-pushing veteran of all manner of profit-seeking journalism (after a less satisfying road to Destitute Homelessness working for Alternative Press and Public Interest broadcast\netcast journeylism) I'm here to test how far can ambitious patriotic do-gooders like me go via Private Interest Media pursuits without packing firearms and yet billing our bosses for all the ammo we can't use defending while show-casing our HOMELAND borders and any other Ports of Entry, soon-to-include Greenland & other unclaimed Arctic Lands currently bearing signs of US occupancy not to mention occupation. Yeah, that's the ticket. I'll modify my career resume to list this time as Seeking Remunerative Occupation...
Yours from today's frontlines of Multi-Media Careerism
and sequel to Get Smart picking up where the bosses of rival Intel
agencies of CHAOS & CONTROL try to negotiate their way out of
each other's latest advanced & product warrantied versions of the
CONE OF SILENCE....
(The manual calls for all procedures deployed to protect communications security)
What a fabulous piece and a great idea in the first place, and the pay off—that they hired you—is both astonishing and terrifying. It is pretty terrible that it is so easy to fire huge numbers of qualified and experienced federal employees, and then so easy to hoover anonymous thugs off the street. And I love your writing, you are a treat to us all.
Congrats on both the crazy article and what looks like a viral/breaking containment moment for you! I hope it boosts your readership here.
You are my hero!
“ICE’s recruitment push is so sloppy that the administration effectively has no idea who’s joining the agency’s ranks.” Just as the previous admin had no idea who was crossing the border.
An acquaintance of mine who joined ice, recently talked about a person who was hired that was in a wheelchair and paraplegic who reported for training at fletc. No background check, no physical.
Clearly the pressure is on recruiters to pump up the numbers. And that is the double-edged takeaway:
• ICE wil hire ANYONE
• ICE is WAY under-recruiting, so they are cooking the books
How were they on taking PTO unscheduled? 401K match? Education reimbursement? Congratulations!🎊🎉 lol
WOW! I'd wondered what happened with that trip. Great story. A universe of troubling implications.
Hey Laura. I’m just getting around to reading your Slate article and it doesn’t seem to give access to the complete article if I’m not a subscriber. It gets partway in and goes to nonstop ads. Is there any other way I can view it? Thanks!!
Love this! Thank you for your great work!
ICE asks lady to hand over DoorDash rider hiding in her basement https://youtu.be/ppfFrlvaXgE
French version of your Slate article here: https://faustotounsi.substack.com/p/usa-vous-avez-entendu-parler-des?r=4ug13t
Wow
That is so sad.
I can only imagine the predators signing up for access to the detainees.
There are rancid souls running the country.
Laura Jedeed was doing a first rate Public Interest job for US. She may be doing a better job defending US by critiquing the Private Interest as well as Public Interest side of her own Job Seeker's portfolio. I wish I was her Show Biz or Journalistic\Publishing\Show Biz Agent, because she's appearing all over the place telling her tale of her move from fighting for US in Afghanistan and then in our own domestic Lower 48 border job of 'National Security':
https://laurajedeed.com/author/laura-jedeed/
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/14/laura_jedeed_ice
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/ice-job-offered-laura-jedeed-recruitment-b2901334.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kGO6F_wHlc
"Journalist Tests ICE Recruitment; Surprised to Find Herself Hired with No Background Check"
Democracy Now!
3.15M subscribers
As her soon-to-be Hollywood Super Agent and current Portland, Ore neighbor\job-seeking paper-pushing veteran of all manner of profit-seeking journalism (after a less satisfying road to Destitute Homelessness working for Alternative Press and Public Interest broadcast\netcast journeylism) I'm here to test how far can ambitious patriotic do-gooders like me go via Private Interest Media pursuits without packing firearms and yet billing our bosses for all the ammo we can't use defending while show-casing our HOMELAND borders and any other Ports of Entry, soon-to-include Greenland & other unclaimed Arctic Lands currently bearing signs of US occupancy not to mention occupation. Yeah, that's the ticket. I'll modify my career resume to list this time as Seeking Remunerative Occupation...
Yours from today's frontlines of Multi-Media Careerism
and sequel to Get Smart picking up where the bosses of rival Intel
agencies of CHAOS & CONTROL try to negotiate their way out of
each other's latest advanced & product warrantied versions of the
CONE OF SILENCE....
(The manual calls for all procedures deployed to protect communications security)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxmEtJ31Ldw
The Crowded Cone of Silence - Get Smart - 1967
Shatner Method
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Chief: "Max, how do expect to get five people into something that small?"
Max: "Thinking like that would have put the Volkswagen people out of business a long time ago."
Shatner Method
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1eUIK9CihA
Get Smart - Cone of Silence (from episode 1)
87gixxer
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Get Smart, "cone of silence" scene from the first episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0k5DQ92kqk
British CONTROL's Umbrella of Silence - Get Smart - 1967
Shatner Method
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112,467 views Apr 16, 2021
"London's more spacious version of the Cone of Silence appears to actually work but is plagued with ventilation problems..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNgMkK7OLeQ
The Closet of Silence - Get Smart - 1967
Shatner Method
46.7K subscribers
10,071 views Aug 16, 2023
"When budget cuts force CONTROL to lease the Cone of Silence out to the CIA, Max insists on a backup secrecy device."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3AXzztpnuc
The Portable Cone of Silence - Get Smart - 1966
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Professor Cone's portable version was possibly worst of them all - especially for the Chief.
Tio Mitchito
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Beyond a certain point the article is apparently paywalled. Can you get them to make an exception?
She posted a link on bluesky:
https://web.archive.org/web/20260113135117/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/ice-recruitment-minneapolis-shooting.html
I hope you took your 50k
I think you meant this as a reply to LJ's post and not to my comment
Well then.....