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<p>on the other side of the coin, why would a company hiring for any sort of position where the employee will be trusted with private information hire someone that is willing to give up private information if what the other side is offering is enticing enough (in this case, a job)? If the person does this, they are clearly open to industrial espionage, and from the federal government’s point of view, they might be open to actual espionage.</p>
<p>I mean, if an applicant is willing to compromise principles to get a job… it’s not a leap to say the applicant would compromise principles if they were offered $100K to pass information to someone that shouldn’t have access to it.</p>