[ April 28, 2026 ]
Over the years, I have called repeatedly for the severest penalties for leakers who have jeopardized our national security and endangered US soldiers lives during the course of this war. I wondered why charges were not being brought. Such charges should still be brought, but in the meantime, Bongino has sketched out a method that others should follow.
“Dan Bongino reveals how he trapped ‘snakes’ inside FBI to stop media leaks,” by Madison Colombo, Fox News, April 28, 2026:
Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has revealed a divide within the agency he helped lead, claiming the bureau is split between agents he views as effective and others he described as “snakes.”
ADVERTISEMENTBongino joined the “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” podcast to discuss his time at the FBI and the internal roadblocks he and FBI Director Kash Patel encountered.
“There were two FBIs trying to help you solve the A, B and C problems, and that’s FBI one and FBI two,” Bongino said in the episode released Tuesday.
He explained that half of the bureau consists of agents he felt “honored” to be in the room with, including those working in Violent Crimes Against Children (VCAC) and violent crime fugitive task forces. But on the other side of the FBI, Bongino had a different view.
“And then you had this other FBI,” Bongino said, adding, “which was populated with, to say, unfortunately, ‘snakes’ is being nice.”
He said it was difficult for him and Patel to determine which agents fit each category, noting it was not “always obvious.” He added they sometimes relied on outside sources to vet agents, but those efforts were not always accurate.
ADVERTISEMENT“You’re trying to figure this out, and you’re asking someone for advice, you’ve only been there a couple weeks, and you don’t know if that person is part of the good FBI or the bad FBI,” Bongino said.
“It happened a couple times where they’d say, ‘Oh, you can trust John Smith.’ And you trust John Smith, and then a week later you see a leak in the media and you’d be like, ‘I’m pretty sure that came from John Smith,’” he added.
To root out these individuals, Bongino described a tactic he used to identify leakers. He made up an “innocuous” detail about his schedule in hopes it would be leaked. When it appeared in the media, he was able to confront the person with whom he shared it….
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