Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York. We have a lot of news to get to today,

including a legal battle over buyouts for much of the federal workforce, the fate of the federal

government's aid agency, the single largest donor of humanitarian aid in the world.

It is right now up in the air.

But we begin today with an urgent warning for every American from someone deep inside the

country's top law enforcement agency, an agency already functionally decapitated.

As friend of this program, Frank Figuzi puts it by the Trump

administration and facing threats from now pardoned January 6th defendants. Our colleague

Ken Delanian reports that a message has been circulating in FBI circles from an FBI agent.

It is believed to reflect the feelings of many inside that organization.

We'll read that message to you.

Quote, I offer this vignette free of political bias or moral judgment.

It is not about any one person, but an amalgamation of multiple FBI special agents.

I am the coach of your child's soccer team. I sit next to you on occasion in

religious devotion. I'm a member of the PTA. With friends, you celebrated my birthday. I collected

your mail and took out your trash while you were away from home. I play around a golf with you.

I'm a veteran. This is the quiet side of me that you do not know.

I orchestrated a clandestine operation to secure the release of an allied soldier held captive by the Taliban.

I prevented an ISIS terrorist from boarding a commercial aircraft. I spent three months listening to phone intercepts in real time

to gather evidence needed to dismantle a violent drug gang. I recruited a source to provide

critical intelligence on Russian military activities in Africa. I rescued a citizen being tortured

to near death by members of an outlaw motorcycle gang. I interceded and

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