While the head of the FBI agents union said the bureau remains “not political in any way,” he slammed the ongoing government shutdown, calling it “utterly disgusting” that agents are being made to rely on free food in the office in order to eat while they go unpaid.
“I met two very good friends in the office this morning before coming over here, two people I highly respect and they thanked us for having the food in the office because it really helps,” the FBI Agents Association President Tom O’Connor told CNN’s “New Day” on Wednesday morning. “That’s utterly disgusting that the FBI is in a position to have this happen. … We shouldn’t have to take care of each other because we’re working, we should be getting paid.”
He went on to say that the agency should be fully funded so that agents “have the tools to do our job and open the government. It is not a political statement, it’s a fact.”
The federal government has been partially shutdown for more than a month as the impasse over funding for President Trump’s border wall rages on.
FBI Agents Association president Tom O’Connor discusses a report from agents that a lack of funding during the shutdown is hurting their operations and says it’s “utterly disgusting” that some are depending on food in the office while they are unpaid. https://t.co/4VSEsTmen9 pic.twitter.com/gn3GQKVXQ3
— New Day (@NewDay) January 23, 2019
Shutting down the government is not an act of politics or policy, but of domestic terrorism, so I happen to agree with Mr. O’Connor. “This is disgusting” is an apolitical statement.
Yup. The party of “Law and Order” has no problem shutting down the FBI.
That’s logical.
Of course, the WH has no problem because they are terrified of what the FBI may be digging up on them now, so perhaps this was an unexpected but very welcome “win” from their side.
Might even be worth this dragging on until, oh, Nov 2020 or so…
(Thank Dog Mueller and his team are funded…)
Let’s get used to the idea of forcing people to work without pay, formerly known as indentured slavery. After all, wasn’t that one of the pillars of the economy that made America great?
I haven’t seen this talked about yet, but isn’t it a potentially major security issue to put so many FBI agents, or anyone with a significant security clearance, under this much financial distress while also making them work for free?
I’m no expert on this and don’t work for the government, but I’ve occasionally been interviewed for friends’ security clearances, and the questions generally revolve around things like financial stress or drug and gambling problems since - presumably - those are the primary levers for compromising someone.
Yeah tell those lazy fucks to quit living on the government teat and start a business from nothing like Donald did!