Bureau fails to publicly identify subject of investigation but Times Union does —
Following the end of his intimate relationship with the employee in Albany, the report stated, Hendricks allegedly “engaged in actions… that created a hostile work environment for the subordinate, and lacked candor during the SAC’s interview with the OIG, all in violation of FBI policy…
Hendricks was a police officer in Henderson, Ky., before joining the FBI in 1998… He later became a member of the Evidence Response Team that responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack at the Pentagon, where he served as a team leader of the FBI’s evidence recovery mission.
During his 22-year career in the FBI, Hendricks also worked as a supervisory special agent in the Cyber Division and at field offices in Atlanta, Ga., Lousiville, Ky., and Little Rock, Ark. He also led a counterterrorism team that investigated two subjects who had been part of attacks against coalition forces during the Iraq War, an effort that led to the team being awarded the FBI director’s award for Outstanding Terrorism Investigation.
End of Times Union excerpt. See complete story.
***
In fairness to Hendricks, he has not been proven guilty of anything yet, as far as I know. He seems to have broken up with his subordinate FBI agent lover and made things a little hard on her/him afterwards, or so it is alleged.
Evidently there were others that complained too. Which makes it seem like he is guilty. Before rushing to judgment, let me note that Hendricks was the newcomer to Albany – and the boss too – placed above other agents who were there longer than him.
The other agents probably knew each other for some time, and Hendricks comes in, becomes the boss over all of them and starts an affair with one of them. In the end, his subordinates may have ganged up on him and ousted him.
In any event, Hendricks has quit the FBI and he tried to quit quietly but the Times Union outed him. {he was not named in the FBI report].
Hendricks, being chief, and having a lot of power, may have been a little like another kinky Albany-based leader, a man named Keith Alan Raniere, who was ultimately arrested thanks to the good work of the FBI in another district – the NYC office.
Those six or 7 who complained about Hendricks at FBI Albany probably had a lot of opportunities to arrest Raniere over the years but for some reason never bothered.
It is bizarre and foolish that society does not demand the same kind of scrutiny for FBI agents and federal prosecutors that they demand from any other public official including regular police. We all agree that senators, presidents and local police need watchdogs but rarely is it ever discussed that the much more powerful prosecutors [they can steal someone’s liberty at will especially if he is poor] and federal agents need to be heavily scrutinized.
They rarely are. There are not checks in balances for the feds. Meantime they are promoted based on how many people they imprison, and it is becoming increasingly clear that that includes many innocent [poor] people.
Only once in a while does someone like Hendricks get a kick in the ass. Usually they get away with it and a lot more.
[…] Ex-FBI Leader in Albany Accused of Sexually Harassing Eight Employees – Was He a Chip off the Old … […]
We just need to stop thinking that anyone who wears a badge is an automatic ‘good guy,’ That’s not easy, everybody’s looking for a “hero“ unless and until we find one in ourselves.
This is an important article and not one of you has anything to say or ask?
….And bozo pseudo-intellectuals have the gall too complain constantly that the Frank Report does not publish serious news worthy stories.
Excellent eye opening article.
The “Right-Side” needs to weigh in.
There’s bad apples in every organization, just like there are people who say they will come on Scott’s show and then back out. LOL
There is a lot more to this story.
Hendricks was railroaded because he wanted to make FBI Albany follow the rules. There is the FBI way and there is the FBI Albany way. Too many loyalists to AV hidden in the office. They were not gonna let the previous SAC’s image be tarnished by Hendricks exposing the FBI Albany way.