Special Agent Coleen Rowley
Biography
Special Agent (ret.) Coleen Rowley served in the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 24 years, during which time she worked in several offices, including those in Nebraska, Mississippi, New York, France and Montreal.
She also served as the Minneapolis Division Legal Counsel who taught Constitutional Law and law enforcement ethics to FBI agents and other law enforcement agencies. She then became a whistleblower about the FBI’s pre 9-11 failures, testifying to the Joint Intelligence Committee Inquiry, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Inspector General Staff of the Department of Justice. She was named, along with two other corporate whistleblowers, as Time Magazine’s 2002 Persons of the Year. In an early March 2003 memorandum, she warned FBI Director Robert Mueller about the Bush Administration’s deceptive plan to launch war on Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with the 9-11 attacks.
She holds a B.A. in French from Wartburg College and a law degree from the University of Iowa. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, and CNN.com. In 2002, she received the Sam Adams Award – given annually to an intelligence professional who has taken a stand for integrity and ethics.
Areas of Expertise
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Interagency National Security Intelligence process
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Criminal, terrorism, and counter-intelligence investigations
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Law enforcement / Use Of Force ethics
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International and Constitutional law
Recent News
- Assoc. Director Matthew Hoh on President Trump’s statements on demilitarizationRegardless of President Trump’s other policies, statements and intentions, his efforts to end current wars and avoid future wars should be embraced and supported.
- Why, in his own words, Hegseth is an unqualified candidate for secretary of DefenseLasting peace is in the best interest of our nation. That will happen only when every American has a direct stake—whether monetary or physical—in its execution.
- Eisenhower Media Network Sponsors Sam Adams Award Ceremony, Honoring Aaron BushnellThe U.S. has lost all credibility when it comes to crimes against humanity.