Posted on 02/17/2023 5:11:35 PM PST by Twotone
An FBI whistleblower has divulged to Congress that the bureau has created a case quota system that can incentivize agents to pursue frivolous cases or delay action on real crimes to attain statistical goals.
Steve Friend, a special agent and former SWAT team member who blew the whistle on alleged civil liberties violations in the Jan. 6 investigation, told Just the News on Thursday that he resigned from the bureau this week and gave the House Judiciary Committee an extensive interview detailing his concerns about the politicization of criminal cases and the growing manipulation of investigations to attain statistical and budget goals.
Friend said he made the decision to leave the bureau after he had been denied a paycheck for 150 straight days as his security clearance was placed under review after he made protected whistleblower disclosures. The denial of pay, he said, came even though he was never accused formally of any wrongdoing or subjected to any formal disciplinary action.
"The FBI had weaponized the security clearance revocation process in order to essentially try to wait me out financially," he said in an interview on the John Solomon Reports podcast. "You know, I was in a position where I had some personal savings and was able to survive. But at the end of the day, you know, I'm a married father of two small children. I have to support my family."
Friend said he has accepted a job at a private nonprofit that will be conducting investigations of the FBI. "I just had to take that opportunity and, you know, continue my efforts to reform the FBI from the outside," he said.
Friend gained national attention last year when he filed whistleblower allegations that the FBI engaged in civil liberties violations against some Jan. 6 defendants...
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This guy is a hero as far as I’m concerned.
Ditto
He’s absolutely a hero. I can tell you from personal experience: the DOJ WILL try to screw you overwhen you become a whistleblower. They will drag out your Merit System Promotion Board suits when you call them out and they will consider you a threat and revoke your clearance when they feel like it.
You become an enemy of the agency.
I applaud him for continuing to do right rather than tolerate wrong.
I hope he makes a difference.
Bkmrk
God bless and keep this man. Steve Friend is a friend, indeed.
Let me know when one of the bad guys goes to jail.
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