FBI Whistleblowers Expose The Bureau For Retaliating Against Them - They Left 'My Family Homeless'DC Enquirer, May 18, 2023
Three FBI whistleblowers came before Congress on Thursday alleging that the bureau retaliated against them for questioning agency practices and narratives on political issues. These whistleblowers before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government are Marcus Allen, Garret O'Boyle, and Stephen Friend. Marcus Allen, who previously served as a Marine in Iraq, alleges in his opening statement that the FBI suspended his security clearance after he raised questions surrounding the accuracy of the Director of the FBI's testimony about the January 6th riot before Congress.
According to Just the News, Mr. Allen recorded the reaction to his concerns and brings up that "Despite my history of unblemished service to the United States, the FBI suspended my security clearance, accusing me of actually being DISLOYAL to my country. This outrageous and insulting accusation is based on unsubstantiated accusations that I hold 'conspiratorial views' regarding the events of January 6, 2021, and that I allegedly sympathize with criminal conduct." He wrote that as for the lattermost charge of sympathizing with criminal conduct "I do not." He noted that all this happened when he forwarded information that contradicted the official narrative set by the FBI brass.
Mr. Allen also recorded how "it has been more than a year since the FBI took my paycheck from me. My family and I have been surviving on early withdrawals from our retirement accounts while the FBI has ignored my request for approval to obtain outside employment during the review of my security clearance. We have lost our federal health insurance coverage. There is apparently no end in sight."
Agent O'Boyle also recalled in his remarks that the FBI retaliated against him. He wrote that "In weaponized fashion, the FBI allowed me to accept orders to a new position halfway across the country. They allowed us to sell my family’s home...They ordered me to report to the new unit when our youngest daughter was only two weeks old. Then, on my first day on the new assignment, they suspended me; rendering my family homeless and refused to release our household goods, including our clothes, for weeks."
Agent Friend, who made a complaint about the bureau allegedly manipulating crime data for political reasons, recalled in his open statement that "At each level of my chain of command, leadership cautioned that despite my exemplary work performance, whistleblowing placed my otherwise bright future with the FBI at risk...Nevertheless, the FBI weaponized the security clearance processes to facilitate my removal from active duty within one month of my disclosures. In addition to an indefinite, unpaid suspension, the FBI initiated a campaign of humiliation and intimidation to punish and pressure me to resign. In violation of HIPPA, individuals at the FBI leaked my private medical information to a reporter at the New York Times. In violation of the Privacy Act, the FBI refused to furnish my training records for several months."
He recounted that "[t]o date, they only provided a portion of the records, which are essential to obtaining private investigator and firearms licenses in the state of Florida. Even after releasing some of the records, the FBI refuses to confirm their legitimacy to the Florida Department of Agriculture, rendering the few documents they have provided practically useless. The FBI denied my request to seek outside employment, in an obvious attempt to deprive me of the ability to support my family. Finally, the FBI Inspection Division imposed an illegal gag order in an attempt to prevent me from communicating with my family and attorneys."
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