The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), long perceived as the premier law enforcement agency in the world and a paragon of justice and accountability, has strayed so far from its foundational principles of Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity, and adherence to the rule of law that at a minimum, the path forward should at least include the wholesale professional culling of every non-whistleblowing senior manager (GS-15) and above.

The most drastic action that should be considered is the complete removal of the agency all together. Why advocate for such sweeping measures? Simple. What I witnessed and experienced first-hand at the FBI Anchorage Field Office between 2021 – 2023 is the epitome of what I refer to as little “c” corruption. That is, if explained to the average person on the street, they would almost certainly conclude the FBI Anchorage management’s actions were corrupt.

It is important to distinguish between the typical criminal statutes associated with big “C” Corruption: bribery, extortion, embezzlement, etc. I am definitively NOT talking about big “C” Corruption.

So, who am I? What grounds do I have to speak about such topics? And why now? My name is Tyler Vose, and I would like to establish my bona fides because, well I am an open book – unlike the FBI.

I enlisted to serve as a Human Intelligence Collector in the U.S. Army in 2005 following graduate school. I volunteered with the expressed desire to deploy to Afghanistan, which escaped me. I did get the opportunity to deploy to Iraq from August 2007 – October 2008 as part of one of the last “surge” units. My mission was to provide information of intelligence value (improvised explosive device emplacements, weapons cache locations, high value targets, etc.) to my units’ command team. We were extremely successful in our assigned areas of operation.

In May 2011, I made a clean separation from the U.S. Army to attend Class 11-09 of the FBI’s New Agent Trainee (NAT) class at the FBI Academy, in Quantico, Virginia. At the time, I was aware the FBI engaged in questionable violations of civil liberties in the past, but it was my belief the FBI changed, and that it was a force for good, especially after 9/11, and a mere week after the elimination of Osama bin Laden.

On September 27, 2011 I remember the then FBI Director Robert Mueller handing me badge and credentials in front of my class and my then wife and children. It was the only time in my life I recall weeping tears of joy and accomplishment. In that moment I went from NAT Vose to Special Agent (SA) Vose. 

I was incredibly fortunate to be assigned to the public corruption squad at the Detroit Field Office. The squad was primarily staffed with senior special agents with decades of shooting the proverbial fish in the corrupt barrel that was Detroit. During my time in Detroit, I acquired an immense amount of righteous, high quality, and technical criminal investigative experience that I would leverage throughout my law enforcement career and after. 

My family and I then took a transfer to FBI San Juan, Puerto Rico where I strictly worked police corruption. This was another assignment where I acquired specialized and valuable criminal investigative experience. In fact, my investigative team and I were nominated for the prestigious U.S. Attorney General’s Award for our efforts on a large police corruption case. 

After a short stint working Indian Country violations (murder and child sexual assaults) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, I took a preference transfer to FBI Anchorage, arriving the day after Christmas in 2017.

I was assigned to FBI Anchorage’s white-collar squad, where my primary focus would be back on public corruption. Coming into Alaska, I knew very well of the rocky history of the FBI in Alaska, especially post-Ted Stevens. I ensured I knew as much as possible about that case, which included reading the Schuelke Report on DOJ Misconduct.

I have always operated under the following premises: 1) my definition of success in any criminal investigation was not limited to convictions of the guilty, rather success was equally ascribed to exonerating the accused through a diligent and objective investigation; and 2) I did everything in my power to never be part of an investigation that resulted in the conviction of an innocent person.

I truly believe it is better for ten guilty persons to go free than for one innocent person to be wrongfully convicted. This was always and remains my guiding principle as I navigate my current business, Denali Defense Solutions.

Beginning in March 2021, and through my constructive discharge from the FBI in July 2023, and beyond, I blew the whistle on serious allegations of misconduct and potential federal crimes and violations, over, and over, and over again. I did everything by the book, yet I and several other FBI Anchorage employees were systematically targeted by FBI Anchorage executive management.

Some of those FBI Anchorage employees are still dealing with the ramifications of coordinated attacks by former and current FBI Anchorage management. The retaliation against me did not stop after I was forcefully discharged from the FBI. In fact, a current FBI Anchorage Supervisory Special Agent and a former Assistant Special Agent in Charge met with my new chain of command with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division in September 2023 to undermine my credibility and to ultimately get me fired.

That is the definition of acting outside the scope of their employment. Moreover, Anchorage FBI management reportedly referred to me last January as a national security threat – as they filed what I believe to be a provably false document in camera to the then-U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred in US v. Nathan Keays. 

So why now? Yesterday I learned President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kash Patel to replace the disgraceful perjurer, Christopher Wray. Yes, Mr. Wray you are a liar. You cannot testify in front of Congress that the FBI takes whistleblowers seriously and that the FBI does not engage in retaliation.

The FBI does engage in systematic retaliation against its employees. As my current business partner and fellow FBI Louisville whistleblower Dal Rae Beach was recently quoted in the Washington Times about the potential for Patel to be nominated, “…if he’s [Patel] saying I’m not going to tolerate retaliation against whistleblowers, I’m not going to punish people if they want to be practicing Catholics, I feel like that’s the kind of director we really need.” 

I could not agree more. 

The flood gates are going to open. I encourage all FBI whistleblowers and those pondering blowing the whistle, and others at all levels of government, regardless of agency to come forward.

As mentioned, I blew the whistle according to the proscribed laws and regulations from start to finish. I am no longer an FBI employee, nor a federal employee and I retain my right to go to the press with as much detail as legally possible.

Truth be told, I have had many moments over the past several months where I flirted with blowing the lid off everything I witnessed and experienced while working at FBI Anchorage. I held off, primarily out of fear. But no longer. The incoming director needs to know how corrupt FBI management was and is, although I suspect he has a pretty good idea. 

I am grateful to Jeff Landfield providing me a platform to share my experiences directly with the Alaskan people, as the problems at FBI Anchorage directly and negatively affect all of us. I plan to provide Jeff with regular examples of how FBI Anchorage has in the past, and is currently, destroying the lives of good patriots who joined the FBI under false pretenses (that the FBI system was fair and impartial), and has perverted justice to benefit careers rather than the public they are charged with serving. 

If there are two things I can leave the reader with, they would be these: 1) the regular working agents and professional staff are by-and-large great and patriotic people, with a deep desire to put criminals, terrorists, and spies in prison. At times they may fail, and there are bad apples in every workplace, but overall, they do the correct thing; And 2) the FBI brainwashes its people, especially the bootlickers who would stab their own mothers in the back to promote into positions of power over others.

There is an entrenched belief structure, especially among management, that the FBI’s public image, which is ultimately linked to their own career progression, is more important than the constitution and statutory laws the FBI was created to uphold. That is wrong, and I would argue those in FBI management who would willingly engage in the behavior I will share going forward are the true national security threats. They are the ones who have no business holding a security clearance, and certainly no business having investigative and arrest authority.

Tyler Vose is a seasoned professional with a diverse background in law enforcement, military intelligence, and private sector consulting. Currently, he is the owner of Denali Defense Solutions where he provides criminal and civil defense consulting, as well as services to help businesses and public entities protect themselves from fraud, corruption, and foreign malign influence while ensuring compliance with federal regulations. Prior to his entrepreneurial venture, Mr. Vose served as a Federal Law Enforcement Special Agent with the FBI for over 12 years, focusing on public corruption and white-collar criminal matters, and Army Criminal Investigative Division for one-year. His investigative work led to numerous high-profile convictions, including one of the largest public corruption cases in Michigan history.