As one of the first female agents in the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit and a key figure in developing the Bureau’s profiling techniques for serial killers and establishing its first cyber security team after 9/11, Jana Monroe has been breaking new ground.
Long before she became an inspiration for Clarice Starling in “The Silence of the Lambs,” Monroe knew from the age of 13 exactly what she wanted to do. She recalled that she was never that kid who waffled between being a ballerina one week and a doctor the next.
“I loved our country and that it was a nation of laws and liberties, and I wanted to do something to preserve that. And no offense to attorneys, but I didn’t want to be an attorney. I also hated bullies. I can’t stand people who take advantage of others and their vulnerabilities,” the former FBI agent told The Epoch Times….
Pioneering Former Special Agent Says She Joined FBI to Preserve US ‘Laws and Liberties’
