Former FBI agents launch nonprofit to aid agents facing 'consequences of upholding their oaths'
Key takeaways
- The FBI Support Network will offer legal assistance for those facing discipline, counseling to those asked to violate their oath and core values, and will be speaking out against alarming FBI actions.
- The FBI s ranks still swell with so, so many good people who endeavor to do the right thing by their country and oath of office.
- The network will be housed by the Justice Connection, an alumni group of former Justice Department employees which offers similar services.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
The FBI Support Network will offer legal assistance for those facing discipline, counseling to those asked to violate their oath and core values, and will be speaking out against alarming FBI actions.
The FBI s ranks still swell with so, so many good people who endeavor to do the right thing by their country and oath of office. … When they get an order to go against what they know is just, they have a choice — and that choice can carry significant consequences for their career and their families, and Americans liberties, Michael Feinberg, a former assistant special agent in charge at the bureau who will lead the group, wrote in a blog announcing its formation.
It s time for those of us who also once carried credentials, badges, and sidearms alongside our FBI colleagues to offer tangible assistance when they are faced with the choice between an order and what they know is just, and to help them when they have to weather the consequences of upholding their oaths, Feinberg said.