Posted on 02/02/2025 8:21:08 PM PST by ransomnote
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On Sunday afternoon, the FBI Agents Association sent employees a notice that some agents had received an email from senior officials ordering them to respond to a “12-question survey" asking about their involvement in Jan. 6 cases, according to two people who received it. <>SNIP <p">Regarding one of the questions, the association recommended that agents respond with the following wording: "I have been told I am ‘required to respond’ to this survey, without being afforded appropriate time to research my answers, speak with others, speak with counsel or other representation."
The association recommended that they also write, “To the best of my ability and belief, I have performed my duties in accordance with ... the Constitution of the United States."
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“This is completely uncharted waters,” said Pennsylvania State University professor Douglas Charles, who specializes in the history of the FBI. “There have been times, different points, where the FBI has been reorganized. This is not that. ... It just seems to be a wholesale dismantling of the independent culture of the FBI.”
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The message gave agents advice about what to do if they believe they are at risk of being fired. “Do NOT resign or offer to resign,” the message said. “While we would never advocate for physical non-compliance, you need to be clear your removal is not voluntary.”
“Stay calm and refrain from making any statements that could be deemed to violate the Hatch Act," it added, referring to law that bars federal civil servants from engaging in political activities. "If you are told you will be terminated, make sure you get the termination notice in writing and forward it to us ASAP.”
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In a message that circulated widely among FBI personnel, an FBI agent summarized what happened as: “Bottom line — DOJ came over and wanted to fire a bunch of J6 agents. Driscoll is an absolute stud. Held his ground and told WH proxy, DOJ, to F--- Off.”
Hit the road, Jack!
Driscoll can be fired for insubordination now...............
Aren’t most FIB employees Very Special?
Just like General Flynn, am I right?
“It just seems to be a wholesale dismantling of the independent culture of the FBI.” — professor Douglas Charles
By Jove, I think he’s got it!
they have good comedy writers
“ It just seems to be a wholesale dismantling of the independent culture of the FBI.”
It’s glorious.
I hope that Trump has ready plans on who will be replacing these open jobs for FBI Agents. I am betting he’s already made such preparations, or has assigned somebody to look into it.
This would have worked in 2017. All it serves to do in 2025 is to identify the ones who need to go first.
good. hope it’s true. maybe next time learn that ‘i was just following orders’ gets you promoted in nazi germany, but thank God it still gets you fired in the United States of America.
Seems pretty easy. If they say anything other than “NO”, then they get canned.
Replace? Why? 90 percent are worthless.
Yeah, sure this will help...
Remember how the people they were after wrote these similar things down to the arresting fbi agents, and basically how the fbi had to just let them go.
“Independent culture”
What a g-d joke. How they can say this bs with a straight face.
” “Bottom line — DOJ came over and wanted to fire a bunch of J6 agents. Driscoll is an absolute stud. Held his ground and told WH proxy, DOJ, to F-— Off.””
Acting Director Driscoll is a SUBORDINATE to the AG. The AG is acting according to the legal orders of the President.
This Acting Director is literally insubordinate, and refusing direct orders from all the way up his chain of command.
He would have already have been fired, but I think they will wait to Kash Patel is confirmed on Monday or Tuesday and he will be fired with prejudice. No need to give any squishes an excuse to vote against Patel. But he is gone... he needs to pack his desk this weekend.
Having done audit trails on electronic documents, we've surprised a few people.
And they can’t even get a censoring job at Twitter anymore.
“It just seems to be a wholesale dismantling of the independent culture of the FBI.” — professor Douglas Charles
The “Independent FBI and DOJ is a fiction. They are fully subordinate to the President. The President can order investigations started, stopped, or even conduct it himself. That is beyond question, Thomas Jefferson himself did exactly that.
The best service Trump could do is kill that modern idea.
IIRC,
Most all FBI agents are lawyers
that is a BA degree,
Means they are brainwashed liberals.
Move FBI HQ to Fairbanks AK.
Very safe central location for the
entire world.
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