Reed College announced Friday it has parted ways with its director of community safety after he disclosed information about alumnus Robert Jacob Hoopes to the FBI without a subpoena or warrant.

Reed College President Audrey Bilger and Karnell McConnell-Black, vice president for student life, sent an email to the Reed community announcing the “change in leadership” in the position.

After a “thorough review,” the college leaders said they would be working to fill the job with someone new and sought to affirm to the college community that their investigation had been “informed by our values, including the privacy and trust of our community members.”

Gary Granger, the college’s community safety director for a little over 15 years, defended his actions and decried his firing. He accused th

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