its employees act the hard working employees of the f.b.i. deserve equal protection of the law. f.b.i. s latest troubling practice is suspending security clearances to retaliate against whistleblowers. mr. friend and mr. allen and mr. o boil are examples of this trend. when the f.b.i. suspends a clearance it suspends the employee without pay. to make matters worse it holds them and their families hostage by requiring them permission to get another job. the f.b.i. denies this. the f.b.i. needs to stop this abuse. in light of all these obstacles for f.b.i. whistleblowers, you would think congress would do everything that it could to welcome their disclosures here. f.b.i. employees coming to congress have unfortunately been shamefully treated by democrats on this committee. it is one thing to hear allegations and find them unpercent per persuasive.
they f.b.i. is questioning his commitment to our country. prior to blowing the whistle he received several awards from the f.b.i. selected as employee of the year in 2019. mr. allen hold of bachelor of arts degree from american military university. mr. leavitt, he is an attorney and president of empower oversight. an organization dedicated to enhancing independent overside of government and corporate wrongdoing. mr. levet was a senate confirmed member of the united states merit system protection board. mr. leavitt served as deputy special counsel that enforces federal whistleblower laws. he was a counsel for senator grassley on the judiciary committee and staff. a graduate of brigham young yurt and george town university law
affiliation this behavior is unacceptable and we need to stop it. republicans, democrats, independents alike, this is a concern we should all share. this is the weaponization of government and it is our job, our constitutional duty, to stop it. with that i yield back chair recognizes i m so sorry. thank you, mr. chairman. i ask unanimous consent to enter the document that clearly indicates the questions of allegiance to the united states on the part of mr. allen and that were specifically the reasons for the revocation of his security clearance in spite of the general lady s from florida assertions to the contrary. i find humor in the irony of republicans inviting you here while we re honoring law enforcement. you made calls to undermine our law enforcement agencies since
you re not sharing information that you obtained. the whistleblower saw what you did with mr. friend and others, the false information you gave to the press. they had to issue corrections. the committee decides it not the whistleblower. we have decided. mr. allen is here and you can ask him questions and we can talk about the testimony. right now you aren t getting the testimony. you will give us the testimony, when, after he left or at no point in time or when will we have that? it s only for the republicans, is that what you are saying? mr. chairman, the general lady did not state a point of order. the point of order is will he be giving us the testimony of the witness that is here before us? and that you have information of that you are not sharing. i move that her the gentleman is california is more. the point of order is i would like the testimony. i move that you give us the
mr. allen, you were suspended without pay because you sent information about january 6th. yes. wasn t open source searches and sharing of information part of the duties of your job? yes. and subsequently after doing your job and your supervisors not liking the tone of the open source articles you provided because it didn t fit the f.b.i. s narrative, your security clearance was revoked, correct? yes. to all our whistleblowers, do you believe that the retaliation pattern has a cooling effect on other agents from coming forward or speaking up yes or no? yes, absolutely. yes. yes. do you believe the f.b.i. is purposely hostile to you for that reason to keep agents from speaking up. yes. yes, without question. if you speak up about the abuses you are seen as an agent