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Christopher M. Piehota

Christopher M. Piehota is a 25-year FBI Special Agent who retired as one of the bureau’s eight most senior career executives. He is the author of Wanted: The FBI I once Knew.. Find him at LinkedIn.

Domestic Surveillance
A critical Look at the FBI and its Domestic Surveillance Approach — Then and Now

A critical Look at the FBI and its Domestic Surveillance Approach — Then and Now

Christopher M. Piehota

Crestview, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has long been regarded as the preeminent domestic law enforcement agency in the United States, entrusted with “protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution”. Over the course of my 25-year FBI career, I have seen a shift in the bureau’s […]

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