Empower Oversight Helps FBI Whistleblower Battle Retaliatory Suspension for Protected Disclosures
WASHINGTON – The FBI suspended FBI Special Agent Steve Friend’s security clearance shortly after he made legally protected disclosures of FBI misconduct involving improper record-keeping, waste of resources, and risks to public safety posed by the overuse of SWAT teams and tactics in nonviolent misdemeanor January 6-related cases. Empower Oversight is assisting him in making further …