Topic: Personnel

Senator Mazie Hirono questions Kash Patel regarding the number of FBI employees who have left the Bureau since January 2025. Patel counters that the FBI has actually implemented "plus-ups" in field offices across the country, including Hawaii, to move resources away from headquarters. He accuses Hirono of seeking a "media hit" rather than factual information about Bureau staffing.

In a contentious interview on Fox News, Bret Baier questioned Donald Trump on his history of hiring and subsequently criticizing high-level staff members. Trump defended his record, claiming that many former officials changed their views for financial gain or media contracts. The discussion also touched on Trump's failure to pardon Julian Assange and Edward Snowden during his presidency.

The hosts proposed creating an official "No Agenda Producer" document for listeners to use if apprehended during lockdowns. Since media is classified as an essential service, this documentation would serve as a legitimate exemption for travel. The project involves creating a web widget or Word template with official logos for producers to customize.

Biden directed the Secretary of the Senate to request any records of Tara Reade's complaint from the National Archives, while refusing to open his senatorial papers at the University of Delaware. He expressed confidence that no such complaint exists. Critics point out that personnel records of this nature would likely be in the Delaware collection rather than the National Archives.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 1237 of the No Agenda Show on April 26, 2020. They discuss their status as essential personnel under COVID-19 lockdown mandates while broadcasting from Austin, Texas and Northern Silicon Valley. The segment includes a produced introduction emphasizing the show's role in deconstructing media during the global crisis.

The US government is reportedly spending billions on cybersecurity to counter threats from China and Russia. Media reports link the OPM hack to the Ashley Madison data breach, suggesting a massive blackmail opportunity against government workers. The term "massive database analysis" is identified as a buzzword used to justify increased funding for domestic "big data" initiatives.

Adam Curry receives custom military name tags from a listener in Poland featuring his name in Arabic and the ISAF logo. This prompts a discussion on how official-looking badges can be used for social engineering, such as gaining access to restricted areas or obtaining better currency exchange rates reserved for airline personnel.

The military's Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) released a tactical reference guide to help leaders identify signs of radicalization into violent extremism. Adam Curry reviews the guide's flowchart, which flags behaviors such as complaining about bias, visiting "extremist" blogs, or establishing websites to display unconventional views. The hosts jokingly apply these criteria to themselves, noting that the broad definitions could classify almost anyone as a potential threat.

A terrorism expert from Booz Allen Hamilton suggests that Bin Laden had only been in Abbottabad for three days, having moved from the northern areas of Chitral. The hosts speculate that the raid was a "personnel change" within Al-Qaeda, orchestrated to move Ayman al-Zawahiri into the leadership position while eradicating Bin Laden.

The term "human resources" is criticized as being demeaning and unfriendly compared to the traditional "personnel manager." Observations from a company with 37 employees suggest the phrase treats people as mere assets or "eaters" rather than individuals. The shift in corporate vocabulary is described as an abhorrent development in modern workplace culture.