Tom (Retired FBI Agent)

as somehow in a certain timeframe.

He's totally okay with the Bureau now.

It's the same FBI.

The leadership changes from administration to administration, although some directors' terms span more than one presidency.

But in my tenure, when I started, Bill Clinton was president.

And when I retired, Donald Trump was president towards the end of his first term.

Largely, I didn't see any change in the FBI, except there were natural different emphasis on certain programs, often in response to what was happening in the world.

So in the 90s, we were focusing more on domestic terrorism.

And after 9-11, naturally,

International terrorism became our primary mission in terms of prevention.

But the organizational culture didn't change.

There would be

natural policy differences that normally follow from an administration.

But from the ground level, from the street agent's perspective, the way the FBI in general approached its work didn't change.

But his representation that the previous leadership was somehow tainted and corrupt, I don't think that's an accurate characterization.

I think it all depends on what's happening in the world, what's happening in our domestic politics.

If the FBI's mission requires it to investigate a certain matter, depending on what that controversy is about, it may result in this same pattern that we've seen.

Regarding all of these investigations, which the Bureau has investigated at times, President Trump has investigated

Hillary Clinton, many Democrats and Republicans, public corruption cases on all sides of the aisle.

And those investigations never make anybody happy that supports those individuals.