dangling to the congress and to democratic leader hakeem jeffries for appointing dan goldman to this committee. mister baker, i want to turn to you. what did you retire from the ftc fbi? i retired from fbi employment in about 20 years ago. 1999, right? it s a year. i ve continued to be engaged with the fbi in a number of levels since then. okay, so you retired two years before 9/11, right? that s correct. and there you are you aware that was the reason 9/11 occurred was that the fbi and the intelligence community did not coordinate sufficiently? do you agree with that? that s the conclusion of the september 11th commission and it s very valid, i think. and so you read that like idea. that s all the information that you had. because you are not at the fbi. as a result of 9/11 the department of homeland security was created, right? a year or two after that,
we will come to order. i want to introduce our second panel. we don t have all our second panel. mr. thomas baker is an international law enforcement consultant, he served for more than 33 years especially gym with the fbi, including in leadership positions overseeing terrorism and other criminal investigations. mister baker, thank you for being with us. professor jonathan turley is the professor of law georgia washington park law school. he has written on topics that constitutional law and has served as counsel to whistleblowers, military personnel, judges, members of congress, and a variety of other clients. minister elliott williams is a principal at the government affairs and policy council practice group at the grieving group, he has served as deputy assistant general for much department of justice and assistant director for congressional and miss nickel parker is a former special agent with the fbi during her time at the affair she worked on various matters, i
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the subcommittee will come to order. welcome, everyone to this first hearing of the select subcommittee. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. gates, to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god, in, with liberty and justice for all. the chair recognizes himself her opening statement. november 18th, 2021, an fbi whistleblower discloses to republicans on the house judiciary that the fbi created a threat tag for parents voicing their concerns at school board meetings. april 26th, 2022, another fbi whistleblower discloses that the fbi employees are being run out of the bureau for attending conservative political events. may 11th, 2022, another fbi whistleblower disclosed to the dozens of parents with the threat tag designation to their name are investigating by the fbi. this also happens to be the same whistleblower who said the f