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Well, if you consider serving your country, protecting the interests and citizens of your nation, and possibly preventing a global crisis a glorious line of work, then you’re in luck. FBI Special Agents routinely hunt down serial killers, foil elaborate terrorist plots, infiltrate organized crime families, and stopper dangerous intelligence leaks. FBI Special Agents have been responsible for tracking down Baby Face Nelson and John Dillinger, forcing President Richard Nixon to resign, and the movie Donnie Brasco. If that’s not glory, we don’t know what is.

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