Frederic "Fred" Whitehurst is an American chemist and attorney who served as a Supervisory Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory from 1986 to 1998.
After the FBI retaliated against his claims, he began to attend law school at night and used his Juris Doctor degree to continue his fight.
Concerned about a number of issues that he observed with old equipment, rusty gear, improper protocol, and by the behavior of agents in the laboratory, he began to investigate their procedures.
[1] After speaking to managers and even going so far as to call FBI Director William S. Sessions and spend an hour expressing his concerns, the allegations were ignored and nothing was done.
The Attorney General attempted to stop Whitehurst from talking to counsel and threatened to prosecute him if he revealed anything outside of the FBI or DOJ.
Moreover, Whitehurst appears to lack the judgment and common sense necessary for a forensic examiner, notwithstanding his own stated commitment to objective and valid scientific analysis".
The goal of the FJP is to lead a national effort to accomplish the following: Dr. Whitehurst practices criminal law in Bethel, North Carolina.
During his military service in Vietnam, Whitehurst saved Dr. Đặng Thùy Trâm's diaries, which were first published in 2005 and are the basis for the 2009 film Đừng Đốt (Do Not Burn It).
In addition, as noted above, he investigated, uncovered and reported scientific misconduct which forced the FBI crime lab to agree to forty major reforms, including undergoing an accreditation process.