Our country is a mess these days. Too many things are going wrong, and we’re just trying to survive. So are people in most walks of life, including the ones in government, because Trump is making a shambles of what used to be America. The FBI is not exempt from this. Former agents are banding together. What’s going on? Let’s see. With gratitude for Raw Story:
Former bureau officials have created the FBI Support Network, an organization designed to provide legal, mental health, and job search assistance to current bureau employees struggling under what they characterize as a politically motivated restructuring of the agency under Director Kash Patel. The initiative, an offshoot of the Justice Connection organization comprised of former Justice Department employees, emerged in response to what former officials describe as unprecedented strain within the bureau, reported the New York Times.
Y’know, it’s good to have a guess concerned. We were wondering about the people still in the FBI. The top echelons are abusing their power, and none more so than their ‘director’. Patel is a hot mess in many ways, with public drinking only being one of them. They are keeping their information to themselves. (Hello, Minneapolis!) We haven’t been told anything about the shooting except what brave “civilians” have. That just sucks, especially for the families of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. And this is only one example! But things like this have only put more pressure on the people who worked the scenes, because the lies and the pressure are being pushed on people, and it keeps going down the line to the people who actually *work*.
“There’s an incredible amount of tension inside the agency right now,” said Michael Mason, a former senior executive. “People are being fired without any due process as the Justice Department is being weaponized in a way that is totally unfamiliar to those of us who served long and distinguished careers there.” The network includes Brian Driscoll, who served briefly as acting FBI director in early 2025 and clashed repeatedly with the administration until he was fired in August.
We remember the random firings. They made the news. But they could have been Patel providing the news, trying to weaponize the department for anything against Trump. Patel is very much a Trump pleaser, or he tries very hard to be one. But the news has not been sufficiently slanted. The news is about what a disgrace Patel is, instead of firing the people trying to do their actual jobs. No one can do their jobs correctly because they could be demoted or fired at any moment for some specious reason, or there could be no reason given at all.
Patel has consistently denied firing agents for political reasons, claiming terminations target individuals biased against the president. However, his statements have triggered angry confrontations during congressional hearings, with Democratic lawmakers accusing him of dishonesty. Former counterintelligence agent Michael Feinberg criticized the transformation, emphasizing that law enforcement should remain apolitical. “I think the way a lot of employees feel right now is that at least some senior career executives have been willing to compromise with Kash Patel in those matters in an effort to secure their own employment,” Feinberg said. “It’s difficult to articulate how much of a betrayal of the FBI ethos this is.”
BOOM. There it is. A betrayal of the FBI ethos. No wonder people need the support. No wonder agents have been leaving, bleeding from an open wound because of Patel and management. His firings were most definitely political. And that was bleeding the FBI, too. We’re fortunate to have any decent people left who *know* how to do their jobs and *be* the FBI. We can be thankful for that.
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