The Federal Bureau of Intimidation

How the FBI keeps its employees and contractors from stepping out of line and reporting wrongdoing.

News is breaking that the number of FBI whistleblowers now volunteering to testify before the DOJ weaponization subcommittee has grown to dozens. This is what I have been praying for the last 5 years ever since becoming an FBI whistleblower myself. My journey began with the disclosure of classified documents to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), and DOJ Office of Inspector General (OIG), and ended with me being investigated, surveilled, having my home raided by 16 agents while I was interrogated for 6+ hours, having my name and reputation smeared as neighbors and friends were interrogated, and being fired from my new job at the VA at the suggestion of the FBI. To make matters worse, you are never told when they are done investigating you, leaving the fear of indictment hanging over your head for years. My legal bills for my whistleblowing and defense counsel came to almost $200,000, and that was without ever even being charged or losing my security clearance. It takes an incredible amount of courage to go up against the most powerful law enforcement agency in the world and every FBI employee and contractor knows that retaliation is real. In addition to employees being suspended without pay (contractors just get fired) and possibly losing their pensions, security clearances, and livelihoods, there are several other methods of intimidation that the FBI utilizes to keep their people in check.

The Bureau has taken every measure to ensure that everyone working there knows they will be retaliated against if they step out of line. They see it every time one of their colleagues is walked out, which they do very publicly (I saw it happen twice in my office in two years), or when they raid the home of a whistleblower, and it gets leaked to the press so that everyone will know (like they did with me). While working there, they did routine bug and camera sweeps in our office cubicles, making us step away from our desks and computers while looking through our spaces. They could have done this discreetly after hours, but no, their intention is to create an environment of intimidation. Finally, let’s not forget the regular polygraphs they subject them to. They also publish, internally, the results of those who fail the polygraph and are caught in various crimes for all to read. It’s almost like they don’t trust their own people. That seems kind of odd to me for an agency that puts their employees and contractors through already some of the most rigorous background checks available. They want their employees to be afraid to report wrongdoing.

So, God bless these brave men and women who have stepped forward. Pray for them. The more who step forward the more likely others will too. No good patriot wants to end up on the wrong side of history, and those FBI employees and contractors working there who see something and turn a blind eye to avoid confrontation will live to regret it. Believe me when I tell you that there is a sickness in the FBI that has been there a long time, lurking under the surface like a cancer and it has metastasized, becoming clear for all Americans to see. Those good men and women still in and amongst the ranks, who have seen violations of the very oath we all swore, “…to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States, against all enemies foreign and domestic” are going to have to face a choice at some point in the near future to speak up or cower. I pray they make the right choice. It will be hell, but I am living proof that with God’s help you can survive and come out the other side intact.