“I was driven by the challenge. It didn’t even occur to me that I was being questioned because I was a female. It just never occurred to me. I imagine I probably surprised a few people.”
- Brenda H, on competing to be on the FBI Hostage Rescue Team in 1993.
Celebrating Women Special Agents
Part 5: A Diversity of Backgrounds and Experiences
08/31/12Part 5: A Diversity of Backgrounds and Experiences
In the 40 years since the FBI began training women to be special agents, many have said it was a dream they had held since childhood. They played cops and robbers as kids, kept their noses clean, and maybe joined the military or the local police, consciously burnishing their credentials on the road to becoming G-women.
“I’m not quite sure where the seed got planted,” said Katrina G., an agent who now runs the Bureau’s Forensic Audio Video and Image Analysis Unit. “But I thought the FBI—fidelity, bravery, integrity—you can’t go wrong. I always wanted to be someone to do the right thing, to be fair and honest, and to stick up for the little guys.”
Others followed a less scripted route. Shelia T., an agent at the FBI’s Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, set out in college to be a research professor and was well on her way when she drove a friend to an FBI recruitment event on campus. “We went in and sat through the session,” she recalled. “My friend is listening because she’s interested and I’m in the back waiting for her to finish so we can go study.” An agent suggested Shelia apply, too. She found herself at the FBI Academy for new-agent training on August 16, 1998. A few years later she was in Ken Lay’s office at Enron, collecting evidence at the center of the Bureau’s largest-ever white-collar crime scene.
Their stories, revealed in more than a dozen interviews with female agents past and present, show there’s no well-defined template for women agents, apart from a desire to serve. Like the first two women agents—a nun and a Marine—they arrived at the FBI with varied backgrounds and proceeded to have similarly varied careers. In video interviews, they talk about what brought them to the Bureau, the challenges they faced, their unique work experiences, and their reflections on careers that broke more than a few glass ceilings.
 |
|---|
| View interviews with agents past and present. |
A common thread is that none aspired to be great women agents, just great agents that happened to be women.
Here’s a preview:
- A 24-year agent who early in her career competed for a spot on the Hostage Rescue Team : “I was driven by the challenge. It didn’t even occur to me that I was a female and that I was being questioned because I was a female.”
- A retired agent who rose through a series of leadership firsts to the Bureau’s third-highest position: “At the time women became the first at anything somebody always took notice. And often it was the women who took notice because we were trying to find our way and make sure that we had the opportunities that men who were agents had. And we did.”
- Special agent in charge of the Anchorage Division: “I think women coming through today, they benefit from the experiences of all the women that have gone before, and the fact that it’s not considered so unusual now.”
Friday, August 10, 2012
CyberTipline - Report Child Exploitation:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
© '2009 "Trinity Mount Publications" - Administrator - Brett Fletcher - trinitymount@gmail.com |
Monday, August 6, 2012
FBI - Sex, Lies, and Videos Two Receive Life Sentences for Preying on Aspiring Models:
 |
|---|
A digital camera is documented as evidence in the case.  Two Receive Life Sentences for Preying on Aspiring Models |
Some of the aspiring young models thought they were getting the chance of a lifetime when they showed up in South Florida to audition for a man they believed to be a legitimate talent scout. Instead, they were drugged and raped on camera—and the resulting videos were sold on the Internet.
The two men responsible for this depraved scheme—one a former police officer and the other a self-described porn star—were sentenced to 12 consecutive life terms in prison earlier this year, thanks in part to the investigative efforts of Special Agent Alexis Carpinteri, Det. Nikki Fletcher of the Miramar Police Department, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
 FBI Video‘Very Successful in Perpetrating This Con’ |
|---|
Beginning in 2006, if not before, the subjects used Internet modeling sites as their “hunting grounds” to lure potential victims, Carpinteri said. They understood the industry well enough to impersonate representatives from major multinational companies.
The young women, many aged 18 to 22, agreed to come to Miami believing they were auditioning for a commercial for a prominent liquor company. They were persuaded to come alone because they were told family or boyfriends would be a distraction. The former police officer, Lavont Flanders Jr., “was not stupid,” Det. Fletcher said. “He knew how to manipulate people, and he could be charming.”
The women were told they would be doing a test shoot in which they would have to drink the liquor they would be advertising. But the alcohol was laced with a date-rape drug that made them extremely compliant and often left them with no memories of what had happened to them. After the drugs took effect, the women were encouraged to sign model release forms.
 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Podcast: Special Agent Carpinteri Describes Case |
“Because of their memory loss, a lot of the victims swore that nothing had happened,” she added, “until we showed them the videos.” Other women woke up in their cars the next morning bleeding, covered in vomit, and disoriented. Some notified police.
In 2007, Flanders and his partner, Emerson Callum, were arrested and charged by the state of Florida with multiple counts including sexual assault and distribution of a controlled substance. Released on bond pending trial, the pair eventually began victimizing women again.
That’s when Carpinteri and Fletcher began working on the case to painstakingly unravel the scam. They identified and interviewed victims from various locations and pieced together evidence from police reports, rape treatment center examinations, DNA results, and cell phone records to help build a case for federal prosecutors. The subjects were indicted federally in 2011 and later convicted by a jury of sexual battery, human trafficking, and other charges.
“This was a difficult case,” Fletcher said, “but it had a good outcome. It’s very satisfying to know that these two individuals will never do this to anyone again.”
Trinity Mount Ministries
Monday, July 30, 2012
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
"Psalm 42" - Shift Worship Movie Short:
Sometimes praising God is a willful declaration in the midst of despair. Built on the framework of Psalm 42, this worship video echoes the writer's thirst for God in this wilderness as well as his refusal to wait for relief to worship his Savior.
2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Courtesy of http://ShiftWorship.Com
YouTube Video
Please Visit Our Website!
Psalm 42
1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Courtesy of http://ShiftWorship.Com
YouTube Video
Please Visit Our Website!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
CyberTipline, maintained by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children:
The Congressionally mandated CyberTipline, maintained by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, is a reporting mechanism for cases of child sexual exploitation including child pornography, online enticement of children for sex acts, molestation of children outside the family, sex tourism of children, child victims of prostitution, and unsolicited obscene material sent to a child.
Reports may be made 24-hours per day, 7 days per week online at www.cybertipline.com or by calling 1-800-843-5678.
Reports may be made 24-hours per day, 7 days per week online at www.cybertipline.com or by calling 1-800-843-5678.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Inside the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:
www.youtube.com 
From: jenniferwirtzberger. President Ernie Allen talks about the endless search for missing children.
Friday, September 16, 2011
"MACHINE GUN PREACHER" (Movie Trailer) Based on the true story of Sam Childers - Release Date: 9/23/2011
Machine Gun Preacher is the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling: saving hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard Butler (300) delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster's (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) moving story of violence and redemption. When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he is outraged by the unspeakable horrors faced by the region's vulnerable populace, especially the children. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aide workers, Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it's most needed--in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a renegade militia that forces youngsters to become soldiers before they even reach their teens. But for Sam, it is not enough to shelter the LRA's intended victims. Determined to save as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy territory to retrieve kidnapped children, restoring peace to their lives--and eventually his own. The explosive, real-life tale of a man who has rescued over a thousand orphans from starvation, disease and enslavement, Machine Gun Preacher also stars Michelle Monaghan (Due Date), Kathy Baker (Cold Mountain), Madeline Carroll (Mr. Popper's Penguins), Academy Award(R) nominated Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) and Souleymane Sy Savane ("Damages").
Monday, September 5, 2011
What's behind the spike in U.S. child poverty?
www.cbsnews.com
CBS News video: What's behind the spike in U.S. child poverty? - According to a new report, there has been a spike in the number of American children living in poverty over the past decade - from 17 percent to 20 percent. Bill Whitaker explains what's behind the increase. (More)
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Report Child Pornography or Suspected Child Sexual Exploitation to the CyberTipline:
Trinity Mount Ministries
Report Child Pornography or Suspected Child Sexual Exploitation to the CyberTipline.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
He Is Risen! (Animation & Music)
www.youtube.com
Nice animation & music, coutesy of Shift Worship.com. Video produced by Shift Worship. The original song was written and recorded by Riley Friesen and the band Staggerford. Download their debut album at http://www.shifttones.com/
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Report Child Pornography or Suspected Child Sexual Exploitation to the CyberTipline:
Trinity Mount Ministries
Report Child Pornography or Suspected Child Sexual Exploitation to the CyberTipline. 
Length: 2:59
National Center For Missing & Exploited Children:
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
"COURAGEOUS!" (movie trailer)
Alex Kendrick will be directing and co-writing with his brother Stephen Kendrick. Alex Kendrick will also be starring in the film, along with Ken Bevel, Kevin Downes, and former running-back Tony Stallings. About half of the cast and crew are volunteers from Sherwood Baptist Church, and the other half were brought on through invitation-only auditions. Sherwood is collaborating with members of Mount Zion Baptist Church on the production.
The film is rated PG-13 for "Some violence and drug content".
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Media & Missing Children - Comcast Missing Kids On Demand:
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children with Comcast help to find missing children.
Length: 6:18
Saturday, August 20, 2011
'West Memphis 3' Released After 18 Years - Charged With Murder:
www.hulu.com
Three men charged with murder maintain their innocence. Remember this terrible case? What a strange conclusion...what do you think? Those poor little boys...I'll never forget this.
"COURAGEOUS!" (movie trailer)
www.youtube.com
This video was uploaded from an Android phone.
Storyline
Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, they face danger every day. Yet when tragedy strikes close to home, these fathers are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, and their faith. From this struggle will come a decision that changes all of their lives. With action, drama, and humor, the fourth film from Sherwood Pictures embraces God's promise to "turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers." Souls will be stirred, and hearts will be challenged to be ... courageous! Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, they face danger every day... See full summary »
Director:
Writers:
Stars:
Courtesy of IMDb
Friday, August 19, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Report Child Pornography or Suspected Child Sexual Exploitation to the CyberTipline:
Report Child Pornography or Suspected Child Sexual Exploitation to the CyberTipline.
Length: 2:59
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Inside the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:
Inside the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - President Ernie Allen talks about the endless search for missing children.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)