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Former FBI Agent Jonathan Gilliam: Bureau’s Top Brass Climb Ladder by Ideology, Not Merit
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Former FBI Agent Jonathan Gilliam: Bureau’s Top Brass Climb Ladder by Ideology, Not Merit

“Go in and think like a liberal” was the advice two FBI agents gave Jonathan Gilliam prior to his taking an FBI entrance exam. Gilliam shared his anecdote during a Wednesday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with co-hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak.
Gilliam, a retired Navy SEAL and former FBI special agent, spoke of left-wing political corruption across the federal government, specifically identifying the CIA and FBI.

Gilliam recalled that two FBI agents advised him to “think like a liberal” during his FBI entrance exam. “I was told by two FBI agents that did not know each other – I was told, ‘Do not go in and take that test as though you are thinking like a SEAL.’ In other words, ‘If this happened, this is the way it should be done because this is the way a team works, and this is the way an investigation should be carried out.’ They said, ‘Don’t do that, you’ll fail. Go in and think like a liberal.’ And that’s what I did, and I passed.”

The FBI’s entrance exam illustrated how leftists use ideological filtering tools preferencing ideological fellow travelers, said Gilliam.

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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence.
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Both the FBI and CIA reward left-wing ideological alignment over meritorious service in determining internal promotions, said Gilliam.

“I’ve worked in four different federal agencies, and in every single one, you have your workers, and then, you have your people that climb the ladder to get to the top,” said Gilliam. “I think that process should be eliminated. I think you should work your way to the top, not that you should climb your way to the top. … It’s not the people who are the best; it’s the people who check the boxes and identify with the ideology of the people at the top.”

Ideological alignment allows otherwise disconnected people across federal bureaucracies to cooperate absent conspiracy, said Gilliam, using terrorist networks as an illustration of this phenomenon.

“You know how terrorist cells work. They have a financial group that raises money, you have planners, you have people who build the bombs, and you have people that carry the operation out,” said Gilliam. “They may never meet those people, but they belong to the same ideology.”

“These behaviors are not something that is just simply at the FBI,” concluded Gilliam. This is a problem across the board.”
Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence.
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Both the FBI and CIA reward left-wing ideological alignment over meritorious service in determining internal promotions, said Gilliam.

“I’ve worked in four different federal agencies, and in every single one, you have your workers, and then, you have your people that climb the ladder to get to the top,” said Gilliam. “I think that process should be eliminated. I think you should work your way to the top, not that you should climb your way to the top. … It’s not the people who are the best; it’s the people who check the boxes and identify with the ideology of the people at the top.”

Ideological alignment allows otherwise disconnected people across federal bureaucracies to cooperate absent conspiracy, said Gilliam, using terrorist networks as an illustration of this phenomenon.

“You know how terrorist cells work. They have a financial group that raises money, you have planners, you have people who build the bombs, and you have people that carry the operation out,” said Gilliam. “They may never meet those people, but they belong to the same ideology.”

“These behaviors are not something that is just simply at the FBI,” concluded Gilliam. This is a problem across the board.”
That is the way in every organization. It is the way business operates. I've worked for enough companies where the guys in the trenches get the work done and are stuck there and the guys that "make good meeting" get promoted.

I find it funny that they think the CIA and FBI are "liberal" and full of Liberals. I've worked with both and they are not. They are full of people who believe in government service and doing things right.
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Feb 10 2018, 03:14 PM
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Both the FBI and CIA reward left-wing ideological alignment over meritorious service in determining internal promotions, said Gilliam.

“I’ve worked in four different federal agencies, and in every single one, you have your workers, and then, you have your people that climb the ladder to get to the top,” said Gilliam. “I think that process should be eliminated. I think you should work your way to the top, not that you should climb your way to the top. … It’s not the people who are the best; it’s the people who check the boxes and identify with the ideology of the people at the top.”

Ideological alignment allows otherwise disconnected people across federal bureaucracies to cooperate absent conspiracy, said Gilliam, using terrorist networks as an illustration of this phenomenon.

“You know how terrorist cells work. They have a financial group that raises money, you have planners, you have people who build the bombs, and you have people that carry the operation out,” said Gilliam. “They may never meet those people, but they belong to the same ideology.”

“These behaviors are not something that is just simply at the FBI,” concluded Gilliam. This is a problem across the board.”
That is the way in every organization. It is the way business operates. I've worked for enough companies where the guys in the trenches get the work done and are stuck there and the guys that "make good meeting" get promoted.

I find it funny that they think the CIA and FBI are "liberal" and full of Liberals. I've worked with both and they are not. They are full of people who believe in government service and doing things right.
Top FBI management tend to be political hacks........ :shakeshead:
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