Former FBI agent Jonathan Gilliam told Newsmax on Thursday that he is disappointed with the FBI’s operating standards and said hiring and qualifications are being skewed by political influence.
Monaka exterior Gilliam told Newsmax’s “Carl Higbee: On the Frontline” that he is frustrated by the station’s failure to adapt to modern challenges. He also said a lack of innovative thinking is a serious flaw in the FBI’s approach.
“This is how we’ve always done it since 2005, when I was in the agency. When I left in 2013, I just couldn’t take it anymore,” he says, explaining why the agency keeps seeing things wrong. Gilliam told Carl Higbee when asked if he had done so. “So the reality is that the station is thinking outside the box, just like a perfect example of what you saw there in New Orleans.”
Gilliam said the FBI is particularly influenced by left-wing political ideology, which permeates its ranks.
“When you add to that the political left that swarms into every institution like a virus, you get an unrealistic population,” Gilliam said. “They’re not qualified for the job, and they hire other people who aren’t qualified for the job. And that’s how you end up with this nonsense that we just talked about.”
The debate comes in the wake of the New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans in which a driver plowed his truck into a crowd, killing 10 people and injuring about 35 others. The truck plowed through pedestrians before colliding with a construction vehicle, New Orleans police said. (Related article: “I’m lucky to be alive”: Witnesses of New Orleans attack describe chaos that unfolded before their eyes)
The FBI said Shamsuddin Jabbar, the suspect in the New Orleans attack, acted alone, despite initially searching for accomplices. Authorities said Jabbar drove his Ford pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street.
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