The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which used to be the gold standard of law enforcement in the world, is now going through the crisis of identity. As reported by former Special Agent Nicole Parker, the agency is divided by a civil war that is being propagated by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. Parker is a 12-year veteran who worked in the Miami Field Office, and he cautions that the morale has not only been harmed by the transition that was done away with the meritocracy and replaced with identity politics, but also American lives have been endangered.
In her provisional new book, The Two FBIs: The Bravery and Betrayal I Saw In My Time At the Bureau (dropping November 2025), Parker reports on the emergence of what she terms FBIs 2 – a group of so-called self-promoters and social justice warriors who she says have placed more emphasis on the so-called wokeness culture rather than the primary mission of the bureau, which is the security of the American people.
The Great Divide: FBI 1 vs. FBI 2.
The main idea that Parker develops is that there are two conflicting cultures of the bureau. She makes a strict distinction between those agents that she admired as a child and the new administrative state she left in October 2022.
FBI 1: The Honorable Patriots.
Mission Upholding the Constitution in a fair, unbiased way.
• Specialization: Federal crime, human trafficking, and terrorism.
• Values: Honesty, courage, and the promotion strictly on merit.
The Politicized Careerists, FBI 2.
• Mission: Advocating individual political and social agendas.
Focus: Political-based cases, performance posturing, and diversity recruitment events.
Values: DEI quotas, bureaucratic self-promotion and identity politics. Parker told The Post that they were employing idiots under the Biden administration. Hiring standards were reduced and did not go unnoticed and lowered the standards to quota-fulfilling.
The DEI Effect on the Real-world Safety: Parkland and Beyond.
Parker has not only criticized office politics, but the lives and deaths of people. She also singles out certain cases in which the diversity mania supposedly kept the leadership blind to major threats.
The Parkland Connection.
Parker is the agent that made death notifications after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre. She states that only 27 miles away, the school, the Director Christopher Wray attended a Diversity Agent Recruitment (DAR) event only 9 days before the shooting.
Parker runs the argument that with leadership prioritizing on processing the tips and not the breathless diversity meetings, the tragedy could have been avoided. The unfocused attention on the diversity, she writes, may have cost those lives in my mind.
Tragedy in the Line of Duty.
Parker is also disputed over the effect of resources allocation. In 2021, her best friend Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger was killed on a warrant to a child predator in Sunrise, Florida. Parker accuses the bureau of being obsessed in assigning the misdemeanors of January 6th a SWAT deployment, but alleges that Schwartzenberger and her partner were deployed into a high-risk situation without adequate SWAT coverage, which has caused much controversy in the discussion among current and former law enforcement personnel.
The Development of the “Woke” Bureau.
Having joined the FBI in 2010 after a successful career in the Wall Street, Parker observed the changes in the agency during three presidential regimes:
1. Obama/Comey Era: The development of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (2013) and the inclusion of the value of diversity as one of the core values (2015).
2. Biden Era: Parker states that the period intensified the politicization which resulted in career suicide of the people who opposed the administration.
3. The Trump/Patel Era (2025-2026): With the current director Kash Patel, the agency has started the radical reorganization in the agency, such as closing the J. Edgar Hoover Building permanently on December 26, 2025, and relocating agency to the Ronald Reagan Building.
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FAQs
Q: What is the major argument of the book by Nicole Parker, The Two FBIs?
A: This book states that FBI is divided into two forces one that believes in traditional law and order and the other one that deals with political ambitions and DEI programs.
Q: What is the date of Nicole Parker leaving the FBI?
A: Parker left on her own in October 2022, leaving the company in over 12 years of service.
Q: Who is the present Director of FBI?
A: Kash Patel is currently the Director as of 2026 and he is managing a relocation of the headquarters to the Ronald Reagan Building.
Conclusion:
Nicole Parker, nevertheless, is optimistic despite her very harsh criticism. She feels that the bureau can earn the American people back by crushing the so-called faction known as the FBI 2 and moving back to a strict meritocracy. She sees that the emphasis the present leadership has on the security of America as the initial step towards making the FBI one and proud.
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