To help protect FBI employees from retaliation, please sign our petition urging Congress to pass enhanced whistleblower protection legislation that FBI employees need to report abuse of authority, including the corrupt influence of partisan politics on the FBI's decision-making, without fear of retaliatory personnel action.

The inordinate power vested in the Assistant Director (AD) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) – who is appointed by and reports to the FBI director – reflects a flawed disciplinary system that can be used to quietly purge employees unwilling to help advance the agenda of an illiberal FBI director, acting on his own or at the behest of an authoritarian-minded president.

The FBI's historical exclusion from civil service reform has permitted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to create internal policy and processes, and institute practices, that lack fairness, transparency, and independence, three key markers of healthy organizations that make sound, ethical decisions. Learn why this makes the FBI susceptible to abuse of authority and undue partisan influence on its decision-making.