FBI operatives conducting undercover investigations have been hampered by poor training and a lack of supervision by unqualified case coordinators, putting agents’ lives and the nation’s security at risk, according to a withering report issued Tuesday by the Justice Department’s watchdog.
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said the FBI’s national security undercover operations are so disorganized, the bureau was unable to say with certainty the current number of undercover employees when they last went undercover, or if they would go undercover again. The bureau also didn’t know how many times, if at all, an operation was compromised because of a lack of supervision.