IN-DEPTH: Whistleblower Retribution Worse Than Combat Tours, Suspended FBI Agent Says

VERNON, Wis.—What hit home the hardest for suspended FBI Special Agent Garret J. O’Boyle was a hand-crafted note made by his 7-year-old daughter, Gwen.
A sensitive and conscientious girl, Gwen colored her note with blue marker—Dad’s favorite color. On the cover she drew a blue heart. Inside she penned her best words of encouragement.
“I love you,” the note began. “Hope you start attacking. We believe in you that you get your job back. Love, Gwen.”
The father of four girls got choked up trying to read the note.
O’Boyle, 36, and his wife Heidi, 37, have tried to shield the girls from the tempest swirling around them. Little girls are perceptive, however….}