The Columbia Bugle's Sunday Newsletter
The Columbia Bugle's Sunday Newsletter
May 16th-21st
Whistleblowers are finally coming forward to expose the Swamp.
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Powerful Testimony From FBI Whistleblowers
Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come.
This week, the Weaponization Committee held one of their most important hearings so far. Three FBI Whistleblowers came forward to testify on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Additionally, these three men shared their personal experiences of being retaliated against by the Government for voicing concern.
The Three Whistleblowers:
-FBI Special Agent Garret O’Boyle
I am here today because even though I am wrongfully suspended from the FBI, I remain duty bound to the American people to play my small role in rectifying these issues. After all, I never swore an oath to the FBI. I swore my oath to the Constitution.
Despite our oath to uphold the Constitution, too many in the FBI aren’t willing to sacrifice for the hard right over the easy wrong. They see what becomes of whistleblowers; how the FBI destroys their careers, suspends them under false pretenses, takes their security clearances and pay with no true options for real recourse or remedy. This is by design; it creates an Orwellian atmosphere that silences opposition and discussion. We know what is right to do, yet we too often refuse to do what is right because of the difficulty and suffering it incurs.
-Former FBI Special Agent Steve Friend
In August 2022, I made protected whistleblower disclosures to my immediate supervisor, Assistant Special Agents in Charge, and Special Agent in Charge about my concerns regarding January 6th investigations assigned to my office. I believed our departures from case management rules established in the FBI’s Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide could have undermined potentially righteous prosecutions and may have been part of an effort to inflate the FBI’s statistics on domestic extremism. I also voiced concerns that the FBI’s use of SWAT and large-scale arrest operations to apprehend suspects who were accused of nonviolent crimes and misdemeanors, represented by counsel, and who pledged to cooperate with the federal authorities in the event of criminal charges created an unnecessary risk to FBI personnel and public safety.
-FBI Staff Operations Specialist Marcus Allen
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. I do not. I was not in Washington DC on January 6, played no part in the events of January 6, and I condemn all criminal activity that occurred. Instead, it appears that I was retaliated against because I forwarded information to my superiors and others that questioned the official narrative of the events of January 6.
Revolver News has a bombshell piece on the details of Marcus Allen’s suspension.
Revolver News: FBI Agent Security Clearance Revoked For Sharing Revolver News Article On January 6th… Questioned “Allegiance To The United States”
Based on conversations with multiple sources close to the matter, we can now definitively report that the Agent Allen had his security clearance revoked for sharing a Revolver News article that explored the likelihood of federal agents’ involvement in January 6th. Stop and read that again. A patriotic and decorated marine veteran and current FBI employee tasked to investigate January 6 crimes had his security clearance revoked and his loyalty to the United States government questioned for sharing (not even endorsing) a Revolver News article on January 6th.
Judiciary Republicans held a Press Conference before the hearing showing some of the depositions with whistleblowers that they had conducted.
Link To The Full Press Conference By Judiciary Republicans Ahead Of FBI Whistleblower Hearing
Representative Matt Gaetz
The FBI has been victimized by political capture, and that politicalization has manifested in the targeting of Americans who never deserved to have this Government weaponized against them.
Link To The Full Hearing On The Weaponization Of The Federal Government
From the beginning, Democrats used every trick in the book to try and derail the hearing and smear the FBI Whistleblowers.
Even digging up old retweets from random accounts that didn’t even belong to the witness.
House Judiciary and Representative Matt Gaetz had fun trolling Representative Linda Sanchez over her embarrassing moment.
Despite the Democrats embarrassing efforts, the Hearing was able to cover a number of important issues.
January 6th
We need this list.
Revolver News: The Essential Revolver News January 6 Reading List
Bank Of America
Tucker Carlson broke this story in 2021.
Tucker Carlson Tonight has exclusively obtained evidence that Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the country with more than 60 million customers, is actively but secretly engaged in the hunt for extremists in cooperation with the government. Bank of America is, without the knowledge or the consent of its customers, sharing private information with federal law enforcement agencies. Bank of America effectively is acting as an intelligence agency, but they're not telling you about it.
In the days after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, Bank of America went through its own customers' financial and transaction records. These were the private records of Americans who had committed no crime; people who, as far as we know, had absolutely nothing to do with what happened at the Capitol. But at the request of federal investigators, Bank of America searched its databases looking for people who fit a specific profile.
Political Targeting
The Fake News Media (predictably) joined the Regime in smearing the FBI Whistleblowers.
FBI Special Agent Garret O’Boyle summed up why more whistleblowers aren’t coming forward in his powerful closing.
Link to the GiveSendGo set up for these FBI Whistleblowers.
These FBI Whistleblowers deserve a ton of praise and support for upending their lives in the pursuit of truth and justice. This Hearing, despite Democrats best efforts, showed that FBI Whistleblowers will have a voice if they decide to come forward. It’s imperative that the Weaponization Committee continue to support these whistleblowers so that more can come forward and continue to expose the rot at the heart of this corrupt Regime.
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