Johnathan Curtis Buma is a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent who served nearly 17 years in various assignments across the Bureau’s field offices in Illinois, Washington, D.C., San Diego, and Los Angeles. During his distinguished career, he was recognized as an FBI Headquarters–designated subject-matter expert in financial investigations, counterintelligence, and the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

In the final years of his service, Buma’s work focused on national security matters involving international money laundering, media disinformation, public corruption, and foreign counterintelligence. During these investigations, he uncovered what he describes as a “fifth column” of FBI managers whose political bias was influencing what intelligence could be reported. When he exposed this internal corruption, he became one of the first to publicly warn of what he calls the greatest counterintelligence failure in U.S. history—a failure the Bureau continues to conceal.

After enduring years of escalating internal retaliation, Buma provided confidential briefings to investigators in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in closed door meetings on August 3, 2023. In these meetings, he disclosed evidence of systemic corruption, human rights violations, and the suppression of critical intelligence within the FBI.

Shortly after, his 22-page Senate statement was leaked to the press in unredacted form, exposing his name and effectively ending his career. Refusing to remain silent, Buma went public to correct the politically twisted narrative playing out in the public regrading his original intelligence reporting related to Hunter Biden and Rudy Giuliani—prompting further retaliation from corrupt officials within his chain of command, as well as doxing from external domestic violent extremists. Despite 16 months of suspended pay, round-the-clock surveillance, and harassment targeting both him and his family, he continued to speak out against abuses of power and foreign influence inside U.S. institutions.

After 16 months of suspended pay and years of harassment and targeting, he resigned in protest after nearly 17 years in the Bureau. Within 24 hours of his resignation, he was unlawfully abducted at JFK Airport by FBI agents—without indictment or warrant—on fabricated “flight-risk” allegations. Released the next day on bond, he became the target of an orchestrated smear campaign designed to undermine his forthcoming memoir, Truth’s Last Stand, which remains under pre-publication review by the FBI and the Department of Justice.

Turning adversity into purpose, Buma founded Project Lost & Found, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to locating missing and murdered persons—particularly those made vulnerable by the mismanaged “wars” on immigration, human rights, and freedom of expression. Drawing on his extensive investigative experience, he now applies his expertise to protect marginalized immigrant and Indigenous communities and to honor those who have been silenced or forgotten.

As a separate but affiliated entity, Buma is the sole proprietor and principal private investigation agency license holder in Arizona (LIC: 1819041), Utah (LIC: G2324551), and soon to be licensed in California - areas wrought with human rights abuses and military occupations near the boarder, which he believes to be “ground zero” needing the most exposure of human rights violations, peaceful activism for reform through awareness and independent investigations to ensure government accountability. He leverages his extensive network towards the common purpose of preserving human rights and dignity in the face of government overreach.

Buma continues to write and advocate publicly for truth, accountability, and systemic reform, and he has written a memoir, Truth’s Last Stand, pending publication approval from the Assistant Attorney General for National Security and the FBI Pre-publication Office and subsequent film adaptation.

Mission

Project Lost & Found exists to restore dignity, visibility, and justice for the disappeared.

Our mission extends beyond recovery—it is about honoring families, protecting Native lands, and preserving cultural heritage.

Based in **Arizona—“ground zero” in the struggle against unchecked federal power—**the organization operates where militarization and aggressive immigration enforcement have placed Indigenous and immigrant communities at the greatest risk.

Partnering with tribal elders, grassroots advocates, and agencies such as the Bureau of Indian Affairs Missing and Murdered Unit (MMU), Project Lost & Found is staffed by seasoned investigators, former federal agents, and culturally grounded volunteers. Together, they work hand in hand with Native nations and law enforcement at every level to bring the missing home and hold systems accountable.

Beyond locating the missing, the organization is devoted to protecting sacred lands, amplifying silenced voices, and advancing meaningful reform—so that no life, and no truth, is ever forgotten.