Deep State
2023-11-13 20:16:19 UTC
More whistleblowers have stepped forward to tell Congress that
high-ranking FBI officials are targeting agents, specifically former
military members, for their political beliefs and trying to force
them out of the bureau.
A Marine and other military veterans at the FBI have been accused of
disloyalty to the U.S. because they fit the profile of a supporter
of former President Donald Trump, according to two disclosures sent
to lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee.
The Washington Times obtained copies of the disclosures.
The whistleblowers said Jeffrey Veltri, deputy assistant director of
the bureauâs security division, and Dena Perkins, assistant section
chief, specifically pursued employees who served in the Marine Corps
or other military branches.
They stripped the agents of security clearances, which sidelined
them on the job and pushed them toward the exit, according to the
disclosures.
The whistleblower disclosures say Mr. Veltri and Ms. Perkins either
declared or attempted to declare the Marine and other veterans as
âdisloyal to the United States of America.â
âIn these cases there was no indication that any of the individuals
had any affiliation to a foreign power or held any belief against
the United States,â it said.
Other signs that an employee was a âright-wing radical and disloyal
to the United States,â according to Ms. Perkins and Mr. Veltri, were
failure to wear a face mask, refusing to take the COVID-19
vaccination and participating in religious activities.
In another instance, Ms. Perkins attempted to revoke the security
clearance of a bureau employee she knew was a Marine veteran, but
information showed that the initial allegations against the employee
were unfounded, the disclosure says.
This did not stop Ms. Perkins from ordering her investigators to
canvass at least 10 police departments where the employee lived for
any allegations or violations of law.
âDuring the process, Perkins was attempting to provide evidence so
she could terminate this employee because he was âDisloyal to the
United States,ââ the disclosure states.
âAn employee advised that at least two of the publicly known FBI
whistleblowers were former members of the military, specifically âŠ
Kyle Seraphin and Garret[t] OâBoyle,â according to one of the
disclosures.
Another FBI whistleblower disclosure sent to the Judiciary Committee
included an accusation from a security division employee who said
the security clearance investigation of Mr. Seraphin did not follow
the policy guidelines of the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence.
The FBI initially declined to comment. A day after this article was
posted online, the FBI provided a statement rebuking The Times for
reporting on the disclosures to Congress.
âIt is wholly irresponsible of The Washington Times, and this
reporter, to include outrageous and demonstrably false allegations
that the FBI singled out former military employees. It is offensive
that The Washington Times chose to publish, on Veteranâs Day, such
baseless, unsubstantiated claims and include the names of FBI
employees, one of which is a veteran. The FBI has not and will not
retaliate against individuals who make protected whistleblower
disclosures. We do not target or take adverse action against
employees for exercising their First Amendment rights or for their
political views. The FBI is proud to have many veterans in our
workforce and we thank all veterans for their service,â the FBI
said.
Mr. Seraphin was subjected to a security clearance investigation,
according to the disclosure, after his field office notified Ms.
Perkins that a police officer out of his jurisdiction confronted him
about practicing with his gun at a shooting range.
Mr. OâBoyle lost his security clearance after he testified before
the House Judiciary Committee panel investigating the weaponization
of the federal government. His security clearance was suspended in
September 2022 over allegations that he leaked information about a
criminal investigation to Project Veritas that FBI officials said
âcompromised the case.â
Mr. OâBoyle ended up homeless after he lost his security clearance
and was suspended without pay, according to the disclosures.
Officials in the FBIâs security division, or SecD in bureau lingo,
suspended Mr. OâBoyleâs security clearance after his transfer to
another field office. He and his family became financially stranded
and homeless in their new city, it said.
The disclosure said FBI supervisor Sean Clark and Ms. Perkins were
behind the scheme to punish Mr. OâBoyle. They allegedly transferred
him across the country with the intent to suspend and financially
devastate him.
âClark bragged to at least one other FBI employee in SecD that he
was going to really âscrewâ OâBoyle,â the disclosure said.
In an interview with The Times, Mr. OâBoyle said he never met or
knew Mr. Clark or Ms. Perkins. He said he learned about them only
when The Times shared the information from the whistleblower
disclosure with him.
âI didnât even know these people, but they came after me anyway
because thatâs what tyrants do. They come after the people who
theyâre afraid of,â Mr. OâBoyle said. âThey come after the people
who speak the truth.â
He has sued the FBI. His security clearance has been suspended for
14 months, and the FBI forbids him to accept donations or find
another job while suspended without pay, he said.
âMy attorneys have advised me that if I quit, then the FBI will
simply file a motion to dismiss the suit [and] my lawsuit would have
no standing,â Mr. OâBoyle said.
Mr. Clark and Ms. Perkins likely knew Mr. OâBoyle did not pass the
information to Project Veritas or other news media, according to the
disclosure.
âAt the time, the Security Division suspended FBI employee Garret
OâBoyle, the supervisor in charge of OâBoyleâs Case, Sean Clark, had
already determined that OâBoyle did not provide any information to
either Project Veritas or the press,â the disclosure said.
âSecD was operating under the theory that OâBoyle had provided the
information to another FBI employee who then passed it on to an
entity outside the FBI,â it said. âHowever, SecD did not
conclusively know how the information was passed to Project Veritas
or the press.â
Mr. Clark and Ms. Perkins allowed Mr. OâBoyle, who was unaware he
was under an internal investigation, to sell his home and move to
the other office. Upon entering the doors of his new office, he was
suspended immediately, the disclosure said.
âOâBoyle and his family were left homeless. The FBI had possession
of all of Mr. OâBoyleâs and his familyâs personal effects, including
clothes and furniture,â the disclosure said. âNo one in SecD took
any steps to assist OâBoyle from the desperate predicament that SecD
created. SecD caused OâBoyle, who was still an FBI employee, to be
left destitute in a city [where] he had no family or support.â
Mr. OâBoyle told lawmakers in his public testimony in June that he
never had an opportunity to defend himself and had only one
interview with the bureau â one year earlier after apparent
prompting from Congress.
âIt has been more than a year since the FBI took my paycheck from
me, and weâre getting financially crushed. My family and I have been
surviving on early withdrawals from our retirement accounts,â he
told lawmakers.
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high-ranking FBI officials are targeting agents, specifically former
military members, for their political beliefs and trying to force
them out of the bureau.
A Marine and other military veterans at the FBI have been accused of
disloyalty to the U.S. because they fit the profile of a supporter
of former President Donald Trump, according to two disclosures sent
to lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee.
The Washington Times obtained copies of the disclosures.
The whistleblowers said Jeffrey Veltri, deputy assistant director of
the bureauâs security division, and Dena Perkins, assistant section
chief, specifically pursued employees who served in the Marine Corps
or other military branches.
They stripped the agents of security clearances, which sidelined
them on the job and pushed them toward the exit, according to the
disclosures.
The whistleblower disclosures say Mr. Veltri and Ms. Perkins either
declared or attempted to declare the Marine and other veterans as
âdisloyal to the United States of America.â
âIn these cases there was no indication that any of the individuals
had any affiliation to a foreign power or held any belief against
the United States,â it said.
Other signs that an employee was a âright-wing radical and disloyal
to the United States,â according to Ms. Perkins and Mr. Veltri, were
failure to wear a face mask, refusing to take the COVID-19
vaccination and participating in religious activities.
In another instance, Ms. Perkins attempted to revoke the security
clearance of a bureau employee she knew was a Marine veteran, but
information showed that the initial allegations against the employee
were unfounded, the disclosure says.
This did not stop Ms. Perkins from ordering her investigators to
canvass at least 10 police departments where the employee lived for
any allegations or violations of law.
âDuring the process, Perkins was attempting to provide evidence so
she could terminate this employee because he was âDisloyal to the
United States,ââ the disclosure states.
âAn employee advised that at least two of the publicly known FBI
whistleblowers were former members of the military, specifically âŠ
Kyle Seraphin and Garret[t] OâBoyle,â according to one of the
disclosures.
Another FBI whistleblower disclosure sent to the Judiciary Committee
included an accusation from a security division employee who said
the security clearance investigation of Mr. Seraphin did not follow
the policy guidelines of the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence.
The FBI initially declined to comment. A day after this article was
posted online, the FBI provided a statement rebuking The Times for
reporting on the disclosures to Congress.
âIt is wholly irresponsible of The Washington Times, and this
reporter, to include outrageous and demonstrably false allegations
that the FBI singled out former military employees. It is offensive
that The Washington Times chose to publish, on Veteranâs Day, such
baseless, unsubstantiated claims and include the names of FBI
employees, one of which is a veteran. The FBI has not and will not
retaliate against individuals who make protected whistleblower
disclosures. We do not target or take adverse action against
employees for exercising their First Amendment rights or for their
political views. The FBI is proud to have many veterans in our
workforce and we thank all veterans for their service,â the FBI
said.
Mr. Seraphin was subjected to a security clearance investigation,
according to the disclosure, after his field office notified Ms.
Perkins that a police officer out of his jurisdiction confronted him
about practicing with his gun at a shooting range.
Mr. OâBoyle lost his security clearance after he testified before
the House Judiciary Committee panel investigating the weaponization
of the federal government. His security clearance was suspended in
September 2022 over allegations that he leaked information about a
criminal investigation to Project Veritas that FBI officials said
âcompromised the case.â
Mr. OâBoyle ended up homeless after he lost his security clearance
and was suspended without pay, according to the disclosures.
Officials in the FBIâs security division, or SecD in bureau lingo,
suspended Mr. OâBoyleâs security clearance after his transfer to
another field office. He and his family became financially stranded
and homeless in their new city, it said.
The disclosure said FBI supervisor Sean Clark and Ms. Perkins were
behind the scheme to punish Mr. OâBoyle. They allegedly transferred
him across the country with the intent to suspend and financially
devastate him.
âClark bragged to at least one other FBI employee in SecD that he
was going to really âscrewâ OâBoyle,â the disclosure said.
In an interview with The Times, Mr. OâBoyle said he never met or
knew Mr. Clark or Ms. Perkins. He said he learned about them only
when The Times shared the information from the whistleblower
disclosure with him.
âI didnât even know these people, but they came after me anyway
because thatâs what tyrants do. They come after the people who
theyâre afraid of,â Mr. OâBoyle said. âThey come after the people
who speak the truth.â
He has sued the FBI. His security clearance has been suspended for
14 months, and the FBI forbids him to accept donations or find
another job while suspended without pay, he said.
âMy attorneys have advised me that if I quit, then the FBI will
simply file a motion to dismiss the suit [and] my lawsuit would have
no standing,â Mr. OâBoyle said.
Mr. Clark and Ms. Perkins likely knew Mr. OâBoyle did not pass the
information to Project Veritas or other news media, according to the
disclosure.
âAt the time, the Security Division suspended FBI employee Garret
OâBoyle, the supervisor in charge of OâBoyleâs Case, Sean Clark, had
already determined that OâBoyle did not provide any information to
either Project Veritas or the press,â the disclosure said.
âSecD was operating under the theory that OâBoyle had provided the
information to another FBI employee who then passed it on to an
entity outside the FBI,â it said. âHowever, SecD did not
conclusively know how the information was passed to Project Veritas
or the press.â
Mr. Clark and Ms. Perkins allowed Mr. OâBoyle, who was unaware he
was under an internal investigation, to sell his home and move to
the other office. Upon entering the doors of his new office, he was
suspended immediately, the disclosure said.
âOâBoyle and his family were left homeless. The FBI had possession
of all of Mr. OâBoyleâs and his familyâs personal effects, including
clothes and furniture,â the disclosure said. âNo one in SecD took
any steps to assist OâBoyle from the desperate predicament that SecD
created. SecD caused OâBoyle, who was still an FBI employee, to be
left destitute in a city [where] he had no family or support.â
Mr. OâBoyle told lawmakers in his public testimony in June that he
never had an opportunity to defend himself and had only one
interview with the bureau â one year earlier after apparent
prompting from Congress.
âIt has been more than a year since the FBI took my paycheck from
me, and weâre getting financially crushed. My family and I have been
surviving on early withdrawals from our retirement accounts,â he
told lawmakers.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/10/whistleblowers-
fbi-officials-singled-out-agents-wh/?
utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAQu4i5mYXI3v
_NARi0rbXN4cy1yJcBKioIACIQXBEbMEZz5y5Gid_4CzfDmioUCAoiEFwRGzBGc-
cuRonf-As3w5o&utm_content=rundown