The Federal Bureau of Investigation is planning to lower recruitment standards for agents thanks to a push from agency director Kash Patel and deputy director Dan Bongino.

The move has raised concerns within the agency, The New York Times reports, with many agents worried that lower standards will undermine their work.

The change will eliminate requirements that recruits have college degrees and require them to undergo less training—instead of spending 18 weeks at the FBI’s Quantico academy, new agents will spend eight.

When quizzed by The Times, the FBI declined to comment.

The lowering of requirements comes as the agency prepares to lose 5000 employees next month who took severance or early retirement packages. The reduction packages were offered as part of the Trump administration’s

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