Former FBI agent Nicole Parker put out an op-ed on Fox News because she wanted to explain why she left the bureau. It’s not that she wasn’t dedicated to her job. She quit because she couldn’t handle the one-sided politics which “weaponized” the bureau against ordinary Americans who wouldn’t normally be considered criminals.
Agent breaks bureau silence
Nicole Parker was a special agent for the FBI and proud of it. She makes a point of detailing the inspiration she got by seeing the “heroic efforts of NYPD officers” on September 11, 2001, when she was working for Merrill Lynch on the top floor of the World Financial Center in New York City.
“I vowed to God that I would give back and serve this great nation.” She did that by joining up with the FBI.
“I was a sworn-in Special Agent,” she writes, “assigned to the Miami Division. I considered it a sacred responsibility and was honored to be entrusted to protect and serve the American people.”
Why I left the @FBI @DirectorWray
Three months ago, I walked away from the FBI and the career I once loved. Here's why I felt I had to leave. Via #NicoleParker @FoxNews https://t.co/xpTDhvoijS #FoxNews— Andrew Young (@RealARYoung) January 12, 2023
Her whole career “was spent in the field where I believed I could make the strongest impact in rescuing victims and putting criminals behind bars.”
As an agent, she felt privileged to “work alongside the finest and brightest in the FBI, local law enforcement and our federal partners.” She worked a number of high profile cases. “Until things changed.” After more than 12 years of faithful service, “the FBI’s trajectory transformed.”
“On paper, the Bureau’s mission remained the same but its priorities and governing principles shifted dramatically.” How dramatically, the public is starting to learn from the Twitter Files. Ms. Parker was there and saw it firsthand. “The FBI became politically weaponized, starting from the top in Washington trickling down to the field offices.”
Two FBIs
With “one politicization issue after another at the FBI,” the dedicated special agent started to become uncomfortable.
What really cheesed her off was when “images and videos surfaced online of Special Agents in their FBI-marked ballistic vests kneeling to protesters in Washington, D.C., while on official duty protecting our nation’s institutions.”
Every agent has the same First Amendment rights as every other American but “they are not at liberty to publicly express any potential political support while on duty wearing official FBI gear.” That wasn’t the deal breaker for her, though.
Rember when the FBI was thought of as America's first line of defense against Crime, Corruption & Communism? … I miss the days when America had institutions lead by patriots & non- political leaders that were beyond reproach. Or was that just on TV? What in the Hell happened? pic.twitter.com/B1tKHOenOz
— David mattina (@BigChief4114) January 13, 2023
Even though there “was no reprimand for any of the agents who knelt that day. In fact, many ended up getting highly sought-after promotions and were offered $100 gift cards by the FBI Agents Association.”
The thing that made her leave the bureau was when the agent realized there are really “two FBIs.” Everyone knows it, too. “Americans see this, and it is destroying the Bureau’s credibility, causing Americans to lose faith in the agency and therefore the hardworking and highly ethical agents who still do the heavy lifting and pursue noble cases.”
As a result, she adds, “teams are less cohesive, less trusting of each other and less safe. For many, becoming a Special Agent was their calling in life but now it’s merely an extremely high-risk job with minimal contentment.” To former agent Parker, “distancing myself from egregious mistakes, immoral behavior and politically charged actions taken by a small but destructive few FBI employees became exhausting. Although I was always treated with the highest level of respect in the Miami Division, I no longer felt that I was the type of agent the FBI valued.“
