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100 1  Friend, Stephen,|eauthor. 
245 10 True Blue :|bmy journey from beat cop to suspended FBI 
       whistleblower /|cStephen Friend ; [foreword by Miranda 
       Devine ; introduction by Terry Turchie]. 
264  1 New York :|bPost Hill Press,|c2023. 
300    xxiii, 232 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
520    Stephen Friend had his dream job as an FBI special agent. 
       After nearly a decade of combating violent crime, human 
       trafficking, and child predators, he was reassigned to the
       FBI’s unprecedented investigation of the political unrest 
       at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Friend 
       soon uncovered efforts by the FBI and Department of 
       Justice to manipulate statistics and exaggerate the 
       nationwide threat of domestic terrorism. Friend 
       spotlighted how the politicized FBI was cooking the books 
       to support an ongoing narrative from the Joe Biden 
       administration to label Donald Trump voters as violent 
       extremists. Friend witnessed overzealous practices to 
       harass conservative Americans and realized the FBI was 
       turning its investigative processes into a punishment. 
       When the married father of two made his bombshell 
       allegations in a whistleblower disclosure, leaders within 
       the FBI exposed themselves as partisan, ambitious players 
       who insisted that January 6th protestors killed police 
       officers and attempted to seize American democracy. Hell-
       bent on suppressing Friend from exposing the truth, FBI 
       officials seized his gun and badge and suspended him from 
       working as a special agent. In this memoir, Friend 
       reflects on the lessons and life experiences that led him 
       to ultimately risk his career to uphold his FBI special 
       agent oath to protect and defend the United States 
       Constitution against all enemies—both foreign and 
       domestic. 
540    Includes bibliographical references. 
600 10 Friend, Stephen. 
610 10 United States.|bFederal Bureau of Investigation|xOfficials
       and employees|vBiography. 
610 10 United States.|bFederal Bureau of Investigation|xCorrupt 
       practices. 
650  0 Whistle blowers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Ex-police officers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
700 1  Devine, Miranda,|ewriter of foreword. 
700 1  Turchie, Terry,|ewriter of introduction.