Tell me no lies.

In Jackie Calmes article "For a Washington Job, Be Prepared to Tell All", Calmes explains how in depth the new application for those seeking high-ranked jobs is. The applicants are supposed to give their "handles" from the internet they have used in the past decade. The questionnaire even goes to the length of wanting to know spouses personal information. Some of the questions put on the application are one that need to be asked, but going as in depth as wanting to know what's in a persons and also the spouses diary's? That's a little intense. Also what stops the applicant from lying? Millions of people lie on their applications and resumes daily. There’s a huge margin for error. Also there’s the issue of privacy, many people even if they had nothing to hide might not want to have their personal life so out in the open for the government to determine if it’s something that can be used against them. It shouldn’t even matter what they do in their personal lives, professional definitely, but if they once said that the current president-elect is ugly, who cares?

The New York Times