The FBI: Secularism, Service, and Security, by John Cassara

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s website, the initials of the FBI “might well be our motto, for those initials also represent the three things for which the Bureau and its representatives always stand: Fidelity – Bravery – Integrity.”

In recent years, that maxim has been turned on its head. Today’s FBI and its masters in the Department of Justice are increasingly seen as disloyal, cowardly, immoral, and not deserving of the public’s trust.

I am a retired Special Agent for the Department of the Treasury. I had the pleasure of working with the FBI for decades both in the United States and on assignments overseas. Later in life, I enjoyed working with retired FBI Agents as we traveled the country teaching and mentoring state and local law enforcement officers about terrorism and threat finance. I was impressed by the intelligence, ethics, and patriotism of my colleagues. I was proud to call them friends. …

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