FBI and Police Oversharing Investigative Tactics — Helping Criminals? | Retired FBI Agent Analysis

Описание: Law enforcement is handing criminals a playbook—live, on camera. In this episode, retired FBI Agent, Chris Piehota, breaks down a dangerous trend: agencies telegraphing investigative methods on social media and television in the name of “transparency.” The public gets a headline, but the bad guys get information that leads to countermeasures and changes in behavior.

Using recent tragedies and a widely discussed FBI disruption case tied to a suspected New Year’s Eve plot, Chris explains how modern offenders adapt fast—ditching phones, spoofing alibis, altering gait, splitting purchases, and learning how surveillance actually works. Every detail broadcast today becomes an evasion tactic tomorrow. This isn’t an argument for secrecy. It’s a demand for disciplined messaging, tighter command guidance, and smarter public affairs: inform communities, protect victims, and preserve investigative advantage at the same time. Oversharing damages future cases, burns techniques, and teaches adversaries how to evade.

Watch, share, and weigh in: Where is the line between providing beneficial public information and operational self-sabotage? Let’s set that line—now.

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Time-stamped chapters:

0:02 Intro
0:04 Police tactics telegraphed online/TV
0:16 Recent tragedies as backdrop
0:27 Transparency vs. investigative advantage
0:39 How criminals adapt and evade
0:58 FBI arrests tied to NYE plot
1:18 Viral clip breakdown begins
1:45 Drone surveillance is now assumed
2:07 Alibis, phones, and gait tricks
2:33 Jan 6 spillover: gait + phone location
3:27 Small-quantity purchasing to avoid flags
3:40 “Tripwire” avoidance explained
4:23 Credit to FBI—prevention works
4:33 The real problem: oversharing by officials
5:00 The balance: inform public, not criminals
5:31 FBI leadership messaging critique
5:59 Do better—keep tactics in-house
6:02 Close

About the Host: Chris Piehota is a former FBI Executive and trusted national security expert who provides rare insider insight into FBI law enforcement matters, intelligence operations, covert operational technology platforms, and America’s evolving security challenges. With decades of experience in counterterrorism, law enforcement leadership, and crisis response, he offers clear, candid perspectives on government, technology, and the future of global security. Before joining the FBI, he worked in the NASA Space Shuttle program and served with the U.S. Air Force. Chris is the author of "Wanted: The FBI I Once Knew", which is an insider view of what the FBI once was, how it ran off the rails in recent years, and what the bureau should be again for the American people. Chris currently serves as a subject matter expert and consultant where he delivers strategic guidance and advisory regarding national security matters, cyber operations, security practices, risk mitigation, leadership concepts, government business development, and organizational improvement approaches.

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