The FBI is putting up a multi-agency security team to safeguard Deputy Director Dan Bongino 24 hours a day, including within agency headquarters.<\/p>\n
Bongino would be the first deputy director to have such a detail, which may need up to 20 agents, according to the article. Last week, the FBI sent a canvas to agents, asking for volunteers to take time off from their regular responsibilities to protect Bongino as part of a \u201ctemporary duty assignment,\u201d which meant that various sets of agents would rotate.<\/p>\n
According to the story, Bongino is a former Secret Service agent and New York police officer who could carry a pistol but chose not to due to his preference for detail.<\/p>\n
In contrast, the former deputy director, Paul Abbate, had one part-time agent who accompanied him to various engagements. According to the investigation, Abbate only provided detailed information about his trips abroad.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe question is, what is the actual risk and threat here, or does he just want a detail? This is taxpayer money we\u2019re talking about,\u201d former senior FBI official Frank Figliuzzi told\u00a0NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n Full security details are generally saved for the FBI director and U.S. attorney general, according to the report.<\/p>\n FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino have\u00a0promised<\/a>\u00a0to bring change to what they have called a broken institution.<\/p>\n Bongino took to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday night to provide an update on the FBI and what might be\u00a0coming next<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHeaded back to DC today after spending a day back home with my wife and daughter.\u00a0As I dive back into work, I want to reassure you that nothing that is happening here is happening by accident. Because of the sensitivity of what the FBI deals with, both the Director and I have to be circumspect in what we can make public. Bad guys read this stuff too. Neither one of us came here to play games,\u201d Bongino\u00a0wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cMeasure us by results. You will see them. But just because you don\u2019t see something happening right this second, doesn\u2019t mean it isn\u2019t happening. I\u2019ll conclude by stating that not every result is going to please everyone. That\u2019s just pandering, it\u2019s not leadership. Complex problems require diligence and a reform-oriented process to create lasting changes. Or else you\u2019re simply putting a bandage on a gushing wound. Let\u2019s do it right. God bless America, and all those who defend Her,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n In a second tweet, Bognino declared, \u201cI\u2019d like to add this: Your comments and criticisms are not only welcome, but they\u2019re helpful. We work for you, the American people. Your feedback is invaluable. All I ask is that you consider the following feedback to the feedback. When you see something happen, and the entire story isn\u2019t public, and the underlying facts aren\u2019t all public, it may appear counterintuitive to our reform agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI promise you, it\u2019s not an accident. Ask yourself, why I would sign on to something like this otherwise. Is it a desire to be wealthy, famous, \u2018connected,\u2019 or to be a future lobbyist? If that sounds ridiculous, it\u2019s because it is,\u201d Bongino said.<\/p>\n \u201cI realized when I signed up that I\u2019d never be able to fully explain some decisions we make due to legal and ethical constraints. But that\u2019s a pill I agreed to swallow when I swore in. In conclusion, I realize asking you to \u201ctrust me\u201d is a waste of time. Watch what happens, continue to demand results, be cautious of narrative \u201ctraps,\u201d let time put the puzzle pieces together, and what we\u2019re doing will make sense. I see and hear you and your feedback. Thanks for your time,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The FBI is putting up a multi-agency security team to safeguard Deputy Director Dan Bongino 24 hours a day, including within agency headquarters. Bongino would be the first deputy director … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15748,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15746\/revisions\/15748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}