I Was an FBI Agent — Then I Became a Whistleblower | Greg Dillon
September 14, 2026
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5 min readWhen an FBI Whistleblower Found the System Wouldn't Investigate Itself
Greg Dillon spent his career climbing the law enforcement ladder—from patrol officer in Branford, Connecticut, to FBI special agent, to supervisor in the Connecticut Chief State's Attorney's Office. But when he discovered that FBI agents on a joint fugitive task force were falsifying federal arrest warrants to pad their statistics and earn bonus pay, he found himself facing something he hadn't anticipated: his own bosses defending the very misconduct he had reported.
The Path to the FBI
Dillon grew up in New Haven in a two-family home, the only child of a postal worker and a stay-at-home mother. He decided on the FBI as a career goal in grammar school, influenced partly by television and partly by his father's police scanner, which played constantly in the background. His high school guidance counselor recommended the University of New Haven, one of the few schools at the time with an accredited four-year criminal justice program. By coincidence, it was also Dr. Henry Lee's first year teaching there—Dillon had him as a professor his freshman year.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:20) **Greg Dillon's Background and Path to the FBI** - Dillon describes his upbringing in New Haven, his early decision to join the FBI, and his path through college and local policing.
- 2 (07:02) **The FBI Application and Academy Experience** - Dillon walks through the multi-stage, competitive application process for the FBI in the 1980s and what the training academy was like.
- 3 (28:45) **First Assignment and the "Bait and Switch" Transfer Policy** - Dillon reveals the frustrating reality of the FBI's transfer policy, which he says derailed his career plans.
- 4 (44:40) **Bank Robbery Cases and FBI SWAT** - Dillon shares stories from his time on a violent crime squad and SWAT team, including the details of a high-stakes bank robbery investigation.
- 5 (56:35) **Leaving the FBI for a State Investigator Role** - Dillon explains his decision to leave the FBI after five years to become a state's attorney investigator in Connecticut.
- 6 (65:22) **The Police Corruption Grand Jury** - Dillon describes his most significant case as a state investigator: a one-man grand jury investigating police officers robbing drug dealers.
- 7 (80:08) **The Unethical Relationship with the Governor** - Dillon discusses the problematic friendship between his boss, Chief State's Attorney Jack Bailey, and Governor John Rowland.
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Show Notes
Greg Dillon grew up in Connecticut, studied criminal justice at the University of New Haven under renowned forensic scientist Dr. Henry Lee, became a Branford police officer, and later joined the FBI as a special agent. After five years with the Bureau, he left to become a supervising investigator at the Connecticut Chief State's Attorney's Office — where he uncovered something he never expected. Greg discovered that FBI agents were falsifying information in federal arrest warrant affidavits and attributing those statements to him and his investigators without their knowledge. When he reported what was happening up the chain of command, instead of being protected, he says his supervisor helped cover it up.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Growing Up in New Haven
08:31 Life as a Police Officer in the 70s
15:00 Applying to the FBI
26:27 First Assignment and Transfer Hurdles
37:02 Working as an FBI Agent
40:35 Bank Robbery Stories
51:11 Leaving the FBI for a State Job
01:00:00 The Police Corruption Investigation
01:27:20 Falsified Affidavits Uncovered
01:33:36 The Cover-Up Begins
01:41:13 Retaliation and the Lawsuit
01:56:00 The Lawsuit and Its Aftermath
02:06:00 Second Lawsuit and Career End
02:15:09 Book and Final Thoughts
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