The FBI is abusing its security clearance process to “purge” political conservatives from the bureau, according to recent whistleblower disclosures reviewed by The Post.
The federal law enforcement agency’s Security Division has been suspending or revoking clearances for employees whose political affiliation or COVID-19 vaccination status are suspect, a supervisory special agent who formerly worked in the division alleges.
The unnamed agent, who is described as “a registered Democrat” and is represented by the nonprofit Empower Oversight, further claims that high-ranking officials in the division believed “if an FBI employee fit a certain profile as a political conservative, they were viewed as security concerns and unworthy to work at the FBI.”
Empower President Tristan Leavitt revealed in a letter to members of Congress on Tuesday that the supervisory special agent has since been retaliated against for disclosing “the improper suspension and revocation of other employee’s [sic] security clearances” besides Allen’s.
The agent’s full whistleblower disclosure and retaliation complaint was also submitted by Empower to the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (DOJ OIG) and Office of Professional Responsibility on June 28.
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