Lauren C Anderson

"Once the @FBI becomes an instrument of politics, it ceases to be the FBI Americans--and our allies--trust." @FBIAgentsAssoc @steadystate2025 @TheGCSP @womensmediacntr @WomensForumNY open.substack.com/pub/steadystat…

A remarkable achievement and proof that you can do it ! Congratulations to Shay Taylor Allen !

Bragging that every “single man or woman…who had anything to do with” the criminal investigations of President Trump at DOJ and the FBI has been fired, resigned, or pushed into early retirement is something Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche now boasts about publicly. That is a bizarre thing for the country’s second‑ranking law enforcement official to celebrate. He is either admitting that he does not understand that his job is to safeguard an impartial Justice Department, or he is consciously and proudly telling the country that he is serving as a corrupt political tool of the president. zurl.co/zGHUK

zurl.co/EwaIa Leadership depends on something larger than any one person. It depends on institutions that encourage independence and insist on accountability, and respect for the rule of law. Robert S. Mueller III embodied that standard. Remembrances from the Author.

He would not accept the appearance of partnership if there was no substance. I saw that first hand working with former @FBI Director Robert Mueller over nearly 12 years. No posturing. No tolerance for illusion. That standard still matters. @steadystate2025 open.substack.com/pub/steadystat…

@TheSafecityApp @Rajaa_Altalli @meipat @elsamariedsilva @supreetksingh @ccsdsyria So we are having technical difficulties getting started here...hoping you will all stick with us!

War reshapes entire societies & women carry its consequences. Yet when peace is negotiated, their voices are often missing. Join an incredible lineup featuring @LCAndersonIntl, @Rajaa_Altalli & @meipat as we unpack the gendered cost of war and peace. 🔔x.com/i/spaces/1mGPa…

Wars are rarely fought on the battlefield alone. The FBI's #Iran squad was gutted. Who's watching the homefront ? @steadystate2025 open.substack.com/pub/laurencand…

Just when you think you can no longer be shocked. Secretary of Defense Hegseth trivializing the deaths of six members of the United States military. Disgraceful doesn't even begin to cover it.

This can be described no other way than sick. Pete Hegseth calls the reporters covering the deaths of service members “fake news” and says they are “missing something.” He adds, “The press only wants to make the president look bad, but try for once to report the reality.” As if the “reality” should be edited to make the president look good. Six sons and daughters lost their lives. It doesn’t get more real than that, Pete. #holdfast

Loyalty to the Constitution comes before loyalty to any individual. If that principle fails, the foundation of American civil-military relations—and of the republic itself—will be at risk. zurl.co/rb7gN

@StephenM Not quite. @DEAHQ has the lead along with the @FBI and components of DHS but DHS does not have the lead. Facts matter.

There are thousands of cartel operatives in the United States. DHS is the department tasked with finding, arresting and removing them. Democrats have defunded DHS.

Loved this convo with fmr @FBI colleagues. We didn't agree on everything and that's good ! We agree the FBI must be faithful to the Constitution, the rule of law. It answers to the American people. It does not pledge loyalty to a president or any political party. @markferbrache1

Episode 9 of the Steady State Sentinel Podcast, “Rubicon Moments” is now live! Listen at: thesteadystate.org/podcast, on Apple at: apple.co/45rB0JB, or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have all had these moments -but we don't often think ahead of time about what we will do when the moment arrives. Think about it. What's the line you will not cross? @steadystate2025 @wfpg @Muhlenberg

Steady State member, The Steady State Sentinel Podcast cohost, and former FBI executive, Lauren C. Anderson, joins the Mike Farwell Show. Lauren discusses how recent ICE shootings in Minneapolis reflect dangerous departures from standard federal law-enforcement training, de-escalation, and civil-rights protections, undermining public trust and turning immigration enforcement into a moral and constitutional crisis that demands accountability, dialogue, and restraint. @LCAndersonIntl youtu.be/VNM1JJZOvPk

@GlobalAffairs Il faut permettre la gouvernement de France à mener son enquête. Après on verra. J'ai beaucoup de confiance à son impartialité et à la système de justice française.

French judicial authorities raided X’s Paris office today in connection with a politicized criminal investigation into alleged manipulation of algorithms and purported fraudulent data extraction. We are disappointed by this development, but we are not surprised. The Paris Public Prosecutor’s office widely publicized the raid—making clear that today’s action was an abusive act of law enforcement theater designed to achieve illegitimate political objectives rather than advance legitimate law enforcement goals rooted in the fair and impartial administration of justice. The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office is plainly attempting to exert pressure on X’s senior management in the United States by targeting our French entity and employees, who are not the focus of this investigation. The Prosecutor’s Office has ignored the established procedural mechanisms to obtain evidence in compliance with international treaties and X’s rights to defend itself. These procedural mechanisms are well known and used on a daily basis by judicial authorities around the world. The allegations underlying today’s raid are baseless and X categorically denies any wrongdoing. Today’s staged raid reinforces our conviction that this investigation distorts French law, circumvents due process, and endangers free speech. X is committed to defending its fundamental rights and the rights of its users. We will not be intimidated by the actions of French judicial authorities today. ___________________ Les autorités judiciaires françaises ont perquisitionné ce jour les bureaux parisiens de X dans le cadre d'une enquête pénale reposant sur des motivations politiques et faisant suite à des allégations de manipulation d'algorithmes et de prétendues extractions frauduleuses de données. Nous sommes déçus par ce développement mais il ne nous surprend pas. Le parquet de Paris a donné un large écho médiatique à cette mesure, démontrant ainsi qu’elle constitue un acte judiciaire abusif visant à atteindre des objectifs politiques illégitimes plutôt qu’à favoriser la plus juste application de la loi dans le respect d’une administration loyale et impartiale de la justice. Le parquet de Paris tente manifestement d’exercer une pression sur la direction générale de X aux Etats-Unis en visant notre entité française, étrangère aux faits poursuivis, ainsi que ses employés, au mépris des mécanismes procéduraux établis par les traités internationaux leur permettant de collecter des preuves ainsi que du droit de X de se défendre. Ces mécanismes et véhicules procéduraux sont parfaitement connus et utilisés quotidiennement par les autorités judiciaires du monde entier. Les allégations ayant justifié cette perquisition sont infondées et X réfute catégoriquement avoir commis la moindre infraction. Cette mise en scène ne fait que renforcer sa conviction que cette enquête viole le droit français, constitue un détournement de procédure et porte atteinte à la liberté d'expression. X est déterminée à défendre ses droits fondamentaux ainsi que ceux de ses utilisateurs. Nous ne nous laisserons pas intimider par les mesures mises en œuvre aujourd'hui par les autorités judiciaires françaises.

Steady State Executive Director Steven Cash tells college students, "This is your moment." #holdfastSteady State Executive Director Steven Cash tells college students, "This is your moment." #holdfast