You know what pisses people off at the FBI? When it's dumbass spokesperson constantly refers to it as "this FBI." When you have to distinguish the present organization from the one that existed for 117 years prior, it's not the FBI anymore. It's just the secret police. www.ms.now/news/fbi-kas...

This week's murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was horrifying. Pursuit in unmarked vehicles w/o use of lights/sirens would frighten anyone, including me, in any setting—urban, suburban, or rural. And I'm a former #FBI agent. @thesteadystate.org www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

"Death squads rarely have body cams. Death squads rarely go unmasked." @stuartpstevens.bsky.social chats with @timmiller.bsky.social about the accountability needed following ICE's killing of Lorenzo Araujo.

YES!!! It's like we've literally given up. Was there a viral video of an old man's feet? No? Keep swiping. Imagine the defeatist attitudes that will take hold after the midterms when people realize Congress isn't going to fix anything regardless of who wins. Wake up and demand accountability!

Here's an alternative: McConnell is alive and conscious, but incapable of the job in plainly observable ways. Pontine stroke symptoms include pseudobulbar affect, aphasia, and hemiparesis. Permanent loss of ability to speak in complex sentences, control emotions, and move one side of the body.

I don't fully understand why Film Noir is trending, but I'm glad it is. 🕵️ bsky.app/profile/did:...

Reach out if you're interested. We're fun AND educational!

I joined more than 1,200 former DOJ and FBI employees in signing a letter opposing Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve as Attorney General. Read the letter: www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...

It's a great day to watch Indiana Jones.

If you're looking at a patriotic image today wondering if it was posted by a bot, look at the stars on the flag. AI f🤬cks this up every time. This patriotic delight, on the other hand, was created by hand in the ways of the old country. 'Merica.

There are Nazis marching through DC, and our government is more worried about the people who oppose fascism. Happy birthday, America.

Welcome to late stage democracy! Enjoy an annotated throwback 250! We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. (Starting easy...)

I'm going to spell this out for anyone who doesn't understand why Kash Patel pushed out the head of the Chicago field office. A short while ago, Patel made a fool of himself by botching an ongoing investigation—in Chicago! This ain't rocket surgery people...

Hey look! Yet another reason to not use Substack.

Yesterday, our Instagram account for @forkingoff.com got suspended after posting a reel about our new episode. Today, Instagram suspended @ravenwoodintel.com after sharing our threat assessment for the holiday weekend. Did we end up on Meta's enemies list? Is that a thing now? To be continued...

Law enforcement should maintain operational security by ceasing the practice of calling active plotters on the phone and asking if they're about to carry out a terrorist attack. Also, Kash Patel should stop tweeting.

Instagram temporarily suspended our account after posting this. Please help us convey to Lady Streisand the importance of diplomacy. Also, Jeff talks about resigning from the State Department after being told to weaponize sanctions against judges and the ICC. #FFF forkingoff.com/jeffrey-size...

The same developer who built the White House mobile app is working on a browser extension (also for the White House website) with features labeled internally as "TRUMP SEARCH (right-leaning search)", a "Proof of Human" score, and deanonymized polls with exportable results. Read more in my latest.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation... ravenwoodintel.com/judicial-and...

I signed up for Pinpoint in Google's Journalist Studio thinking it might be an interesting way to triage public records. I fed it every FBI and DOJ press release, procurement record, OIG report, and budget request since January 2025. Now it just gaslights me with MAGA propaganda. This was a mistake.

@nithyaforthecity.bsky.social could surpass Spencer Pratt by as many as 35k votes by the time all votes are counted. Bill Essayli wants voters to believe there's fraud in local elections because Spencer Pratt's hopes of seeing a runoff are dwindling fast. Patience is a virtue.

Search warrants don't just apply to the physical world. Unlike a physical search of a residence that is observable, a search of a digital account may not be known to a user because of a nondisclosure order served in conjunction with the search warrant. ravenwoodintel.com/warrants-sea...

Across the Bureau, FBI personnel are being asked to choose between their oath and their careers. Justice Connection’s new FBI Support Network makes sure they don’t have to face this pressure alone: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijl9...

The network provides customized legal support, mental health counseling, and employment assistance from Bureau alumni to FBI personnel facing retaliation or uncertainty. It is led by a respected group of FBI veterans who understand the Bureau’s mission, culture, and workforce.

ICYMI: In this episode we talk with Michael Duffin about why he's running for congress and why the US is dangerously unprepared for the threats it faces going into the summer.

As legendary guitar instructor Phoebe Buffay once said, “If you want to learn to play guitar, don’t touch the guitar.” Phoebe’s methods were unconventional, but her logic was sound: Refine technique before handing out delicate instruments. ravenwoodintel.com/managed-attr...

In a democracy, is the answer to government overreach increased power to tech companies that collect, store, and track enormous amounts of customer data? If that’s not the answer, then is anyone doing anything about this? ravenwoodintel.com/subpoenas-ev...

“Would it matter to you if I told you I’m Pope Leo?” A bank's customer service representative hung up on the Pope, and they were absolutely in the right. ravenwoodintel.com/the-human-vu...

"They cut out the heart of the civil service," Duffin said. "With the World Cup coming up, with America 250 coming up, we're dangerously unprepared for these."

We made the decision to reject platforms like Substack, which actively monetize hate. Instead we chose @ghost.org—a nonprofit building an open-source platform that doesn't cross-promote violent extremism or take a cut of our revenue to fund domestic terrorism. ravenwoodintel.com/why-we-chose...

In other news, the National Security Council shrank from 63 at the beginning of 2025 to 27 at the end. They onboarded 70 people and lost 95 during roughly the same timeframe. I wonder why our national security policy feels like the morning after a college frat party?

Hot-take: Disneyland is just a giant food court with a gift shop. Follow me for hard-hitting life lessons.

The executive branch is using lawfare to silence the fourth estate, and everyday citizens are caught in the crossfire. This civics-meets-privacy discussion explains what information is at stake and sets the stage for a deeper look into how authoritarian policies lead to abuse of power.

On May 8, Instagram discontinued end-to-end encrypted chats following a series of court losses earlier this year that found the social media company (among others) failed to protect children on its platforms. Meta claimed the decision was due to low use rates. ravenwoodintel.com/instagram-di...

Many organizations apply different labels when describing the intelligence cycle, but one thing remains the same. It is a continuous process of planning, evaluating, processing, and analyzing information to best position consumers for success. ravenwoodintel.com/a-strong-fou...

Does anyone else hear Anti-Flag whenever someone mentions spending a billion dollars on a ballroom? I sure do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD3R...

We did a new thing! Check it out and let me know what you think!

Suddenly, I saw the leaders at NIH sort of kowtowing it was bizarre. There's this whole idea of 'On Tyranny, don't comply in advance' and that's what I saw them doing: Let's just placate and perhaps will come out fine in the end. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

440 Secret Service agents with an average of nearly 22 yrs/service left the agency in 2025. They hired 538 new agents averaging 0.7 yrs/service. 485 had no prior government service. 200 were under age 25. It's quite literally amateur hour over there right now. data.forkingoff.com

"Thankfully, my time as an FBI intelligence analyst prepared me well for projects like this. I wanted to build something approachable that would enable anyone to dig for the stories they cared about..." For example...

If you're worrying about this through the lens of genocide, you're not worried enough. This sounds like a nuclear threat endangering all of humanity. The @thebulletin.org set the #DoomsdayClock to 85 seconds to midnight in January, the closest we've ever been to global catastrophe. This is worse.

25th Amendment. Now!!!

Trump: "They didn't know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information. Whoever it was, we think we'll be able to find out, because we're gonna go to the media company that released it and we're gonna say, 'National security. Give it up or go to jail.'"

Listen to his words. He's threatening to imprison a journalist to get to their source.

Perhaps the unparalleled access is for the administration and not the American public? I can see where the confusion lies. English is a tricky language.

“The U.S. government’s infrastructure is being attacked from all sides right now, and having an amateur WordPress developer running the White House’s public presence puts everybody who visits it at risk.”—Philip Fields, former FBI intelligence analyst. www.notus.org/technology/t...

“The current state of journalism in this country is perfectly reflected by the fact that no one in the fourth estate has noticed this opinion.” www.courtwatch.news/p/170-the-op...

I think I can speak pretty authoritatively on behalf of all FBI and DOJ employees (past and present) who actually care about justice when I say this: Fuck that guy.

While armchair developers and infosec experts have questioned some of the app’s technical design choices, a former FBI intelligence analyst uncovered an unusual fact: The small business owner behind the White House app has a side hobby as a conspiracy theorist.

The first DRP came around and it was basically an eye roll. No big deal. This is like another credit card offer in the mail. Rip it up and throw it away. Thanks. Have a good one. Hard pass. But after that, the risks just continued to grow.