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Nick Schwellenbach Profile picture
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May 26 • 5 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
This Memorial Day weekend, @POGOwatchdog is revealing a recent Army watchdog report that paints a disturbing picture of its research response to high rates of suicide and sexual assault in its ranks that have plagued the Army for years

pogo.org/investigation/…
The Army’s active-duty suicide rate in 2021 was 47% more than the Marine Corps & more than 2x that of the Navy & Air Force. But the Army's oversight of its research into suicide & other harmful behaviors has many long-standing shortcomings

pogo.org/investigation/…
From 2020 to 2021, Army sexual assault reports rose 25%+, a much higher increase than any other military service

“It is clear that the military has not meaningfully addressed the scourge of sexual assault and harassment," Josh Connolly w/ @ProtectRDfnders told me
The vast majority of Army-funded studies on suicide, sexual assault & other harmful behaviors do not include any recommendations for change, and the Army hasn’t taken any action in response to the relative few that do

pogo.org/investigation/…
The January 30, 2023 report is by the Army Audit Agency. @POGOwatchdog obtained it through #FOIA and is making it public for the first time

#FOIAFriday

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Apr 27
NEW! My investigation for @POGOwatchdog on how mismanagement and distrust within an obscure Capitol Police office enabled one of America’s worst intelligence failures on January 6, 2021

pogo.org/investigation/…
I began talking to former Capitol Police intelligence whistleblowers a year ago. I could not corroborate many of their claims then.

But after the Jan 6 select committee made its interview transcripts public earlier this year, that changed.
Unfortunately, even though the Jan 6 select committee interview transcripts had a wealth of material shedding light on intel & law enforcement breakdowns, most of that did not make its way into the committee's final report
Read 5 tweets
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Feb 1
FBI records show the FBI's top leaders were sent concerning info pointing to the potential for violence DAYS before Jan. 6 - such as the fact that "domestic terrorism suspects" were coming to D.C. for the Stop the Steal rally

documentcloud.org/documents/2358…
FBI Director Wray's special exec. assistant & the FBI's #2 were emailed on Jan 3 that the Proud Boys "are coming for violence. They will cause mass unrest, destruction, and potentially kill many people in the streets of DC on January 6th.'"

documentcloud.org/documents/2358…
The head of the FBI's DC field office wrote that FBI leaders were freaking out before Jan 6: “What I could gather from the [FBI] deputy [director] is that the focus is no one knows what is going to happen and that scares them"

documentcloud.org/documents/2358…
Read 10 tweets
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Jan 23
FBI agents who have led counterterrorism and counterintelligence efforts in recent years in the FBI's powerful and immensely important New York Field Office have had serious problems

Charges were unsealed today against Charles F. McGonigal

justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
A 2017 Justice Dept inspector general report found Bryan Paarmann, then-special-agent-in-charge of counterterrorism in the FBI's NY Field Office, “improperly disclosed court-sealed and law enforcement sensitive information to the media"

scribd.com/document/44241…
The charges against McGonigal, former FBI NY Field Office special-agent-in-charge of counterintelligence, were made in two indictments - one filed in DC, the other in NYC

The DC indictment can be found here (the SDNY filing is above):

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Read 4 tweets
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Jan 22
Even though this official resigned in October for alleged sexual misconduct, he is reportedly "under investigation for his behavior by Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility"

nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
Last April, @POGOwatchdog exposed the broken system of accountability - including at Customs and Border Protection - when DHS employees engage in sexual misconduct

pogo.org/investigation/…
We reported on an earlier disturbing case where there was no evidence Customs and Border Protection investigated or sought discipline despite a quarter-million dollar settlement to resolve claims that a supervisors propositioned an employee for sex
Read 7 tweets
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Dec 12, 2022
"More than 300 individuals on a leaked membership list of the far-right militia group the Oath Keepers described themselves as current or former employees of the Department of Homeland Security" - @POGOwatchdog reports
pogo.org/investigation/…
“This probably represents that the tip of the iceberg as far as federal law enforcement officers that have been involved in or supported the activities of far-right, militant groups like the Oath Keepers” fmr FBI agent Mike German (@RethinkIntel) told @POGOwatchdog
We found at least 2 current Secret Service agents who were members at the Oath Keepers at one point - including one who told the Oath Keepers that he is "a member and instructor on the Presidential Protective Division’s Counter Assault Team"
Read 11 tweets
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Dec 8, 2022
I haven't seen an immediate impact like this from a congressional investigation in a long time

SBA suspended fintech lender support companies that were big players in the PPP & is investigating some of the major lenders that partnered w/ them
Here's the full @SBAgov press release:

globenewswire.com/en/news-releas…
This is the House select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis report on the role of #fintechs in #PPP fraud the SBA is reacting to:

coronavirus.house.gov/news/press-rel…
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