So who is the rear guard?

Dr. Shindelar explains that when you run a massive federal organization, loyalists inside the system can control what the boss sees and what never reaches their desk. If leadership is not surrounded by people who share their vision, they can be quietly undermined. And that is exactly what is happening.

He describes how the president signs a directive to stop corruption, the attorney general pledges to enforce it, even creates a weaponization working group, yet an assistant US attorney tells investigators not to look at corruption inside DOJ. That is illegal. That is coordinated. And he was not acting alone.

Dr. Shindelar says this comes from the rear guard: an organized ideological network operating through the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, the CIGIE. The very system meant to ensure integrity has become the command and control center that shields misconduct, buries investigations, and protects its own.