MUST SEE VIDEO >> CBS News interview with ICE whistleblower interrupted by surprise visit from government agents https://t.co/kSAe2DX4F5

— Patti (@utbrp) June 28, 2018

“I could not fathom staying at an organization that was OK with lying to the American public. I hate that. In 17 years in the military, at the Department of Defense as a civilian, at NASA, and now at Homeland Security, I have never been asked to lie. I have never been asked to perpetuate a lie, which is the same as lying,” Schwab said.

When CBS News spoke to Schwab on Wednesday at his home, some three months after he quit, they were interrupted by a surprise visit from men who identified themselves as agents from the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s Office.

“They just said that they wanted to talk to me about the leak with the Oakland mayor,” Schwab said of his conversation with the agents. He was “completely shocked” to see them.

“Did you ever contact the Oakland mayor’s office?” Yuccas asked.

“No. I’ve never met her before. I never contacted Libby Schaaf,” Schwab said. “Never. I would never tell her. I would never tell anyone…They were very serious. He was very stern with me, and it was concerning.”

Schwab said it was “absolutely” an intimidation technique.

“Why, three months later, are we doing this?” Schwab said. “This is intimidation. And this is why people won’t come out and speak against the government.”

Asked if he believes other agencies are struggling with the same thing, Schwab said, “I know that they are, because they’ve reached out to me.”

Schwab said he’s speaking out now because he’s talked to others in the federal government with similar concerns.

“That’s one of the most important reasons that I’m doing this is that - so that people hear that someone else stood up, that someone else said, ‘No.’ And was concerned with it…To actually prepare and stand out in front of the public and perpetuate something that you know is absolutely false is not okay. And no special agent from the Department of Homeland Security is gonna stop me from saying that,” Schwab said.