After 9-11, with the knowledge I had of the bitter internal dispute
inside the FBI that was being hushed up but had kept some of our better
agents from possibly uncovering more of the 9-11 plot before it
happened, I couldn’t forget two of the slides in that Law Enforcement
ethics curriculum: “DO NOT: Puff, Shade, Tailor, Firm up, Stretch,
Massage, or Tidy up statements of fact.” And “Misplaced Loyalties: As
employees of the FBI, we must be aware that our highest loyalty is to
the United States Constitution. We should never sacrifice the truth in
order to obtain a desired result (e.g. conviction of a defendant) or to
avoid personal or institutional embarrassment.”
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