context: At that time, preference eligible veterans, including preference eligible FBI employees, already had the right to appeal their removal to the Civil Service Commission under Section 14 the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, 58 Stat. 390, as amended 61 Stat. 723 ("[A] preference eligible ... shall have the right to appeal to the Civil Service Commission from, an adverse decision of the administrative officer."). Preference eligible FBI agents could exercise this right just as well as preference eligible employees of other agencies.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.parenthetical: "Because of the exemption of the FBI from the civil service laws, the Bureau is generally free to discharge its employees for any reasons it chooses," but "like any other employer, the FBI is subject to the provisions of SS 9(c
citation_a.sentence: Cf. Carter v. United States, 407 F.2d 1238, 1242 & n. 3 (D.C.Cir.1968) (“Because of the exemption of the FBI from the civil service laws, the Bureau is generally free to discharge its employees for any reasons it chooses,” but “like any other employer, the FBI is subject to the provisions of § 9(c) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act by which Congress granted special rights and protections to the returning veteran,” though that agent could not appeal to the Civil Service Commission because he was not preference eligible).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 510 F.2d 1232, 1236
citation_b.parenthetical: discussing preference eligible FBI agent's rights under the Veterans Preference Act
citation_b.sentence: See id. (granting appeal rights to preference eligible employees “in any establishment, agency, bureau, administration, project, or department” without qualification on agency); Chastain v. Kelley, 510 F.2d 1232, 1236 (D.C.Cir.1975) (discussing preference eligible FBI agent’s rights under the Veterans Preference Act).