A former FBI Miami bureau special agent reacted to Thursday's heated House subcommittee hearing on the politicization of the FBI, which featured testimony from three whistleblowers who said they felt retribution after voicing their concerns.
On "The Story," former special agent Nicole Parker, who resigned from her South Florida post over what she said was a noted shift in the direction of ideology and politics at the bureau, suggested she could identify with testimony of whistleblowers Steven Friend, Marcus Allen and Garret O'Boyle.
"I watched it very closely because I was just in their shoes back in February when I testified before the same committee," Parker said.
"I understand that their security clearances were pulled. I don't know the exact details of that, but I know that without a security clearance as an FBI agent, you can't do your job. And when you feel like your security clearance is being pulled because it's either the FBI's way or the highway, that's not a good position to be in."
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Parker said her clearance remains intact until late 2024 following her resignation, which shows how serious the loss of a such a qualification is to someone in federal law enforcement.
"For them to feel like their security clearances were pulled just because they were retaliated against, that that's not a good position to be in. That's not right," she said.
Parker, however, said the bureau does rightly have strict regulations on...
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