FBI whistleblower says many in agency creating ‘Orwellian’ atmosphere that ‘silences opposition’

“Too many in the FBI aren’t willing to sacrifice the hard right over the easy wrong,” he said during his opening statement. “They see what becomes of whistleblowers — how the FBI destroys their careers, suspends them under false pretenses, takes away their security clearances and pay with no true options for real recourse or remedy.”

“This is by design,” he continued. “It creates an Orwellian atmosphere that silences opposition and discussion.”