Summary

New FBI Director Kash Patel, a Trump ally with no FBI experience, has made unusual security requests, showing distrust of his own agency.

He asked for a private security detail instead of FBI protection and sought a direct secure line to the Oval Office, bypassing the attorney general.

FBI directors since J. Edgar Hoover have maintained independence from the White House, but Patel is closely aligned with Trump.

Known for promoting conspiracy theories, he has also been accused of leading an FBI purge.

The FBI dismissed reports on his requests as “false leaks or distractions.”

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    1 month ago

    Patels need to stick to owning corner stores and grocery stores. Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel is giving all Patels a bad name heh

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      1 month ago

      Way to show your Racist ass, you can disagree with someone even hate them for what they’re doing or plan to do but fuck you for making it about his race

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      I understand feeling frustrated about Kash Patel’s actions, but this kind of ethnic stereotyping isn’t the way to express it. The “Patels should stick to corner stores” comment reinforces harmful stereotypes about an entire community of people.

      People with the surname Patel are doctors, engineers, artists, teachers—contributing to society in countless ways. When we reduce any group to a stereotype, even in casual comments, we lose sight of their humanity and individuality.

      We can criticize someone’s actions without bringing their ethnicity into it. I’m sure you didn’t mean harm, but these small moments are where we can all help build a more thoughtful community.

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        When we reduce any group to a stereotype, even in casual comments, we lose sight of their humanity and individuality.

        Except Nazis. They deserve every bit of the suffering caused by it.

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          Also we hate nazis as individuals, because being a nazi requires being a fascist piece of shit. Calling them horrible isn’t a stereotype, because we are not generalizing, just acknowledging.

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    Patel authored a children’s picture book that pushed the claim that former President Joe Biden rigged the 2020 election against Trump.

    You fucking losers.

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    How big of a piece of shit do you have to be to fear your own people? The director of the FBI doesn’t have enough faith in the ability or willingness of his own agents?

    Or is it he doesn’t want them knowing what he’s up to? Where he goes and who he talks to?

    Fucking embarrassing…

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    and sought a direct secure line to the Oval Office, bypassing the attorney general.

    FBI directors since J. Edgar Hoover have maintained independence from the White House, but Patel is closely aligned with Trump.

    Congress should really codify that into law, instead of it just being a “Gentleman’s/society Agreement”.

    This comment is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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    I’m just throwing this out there,not saying I would do it.

    If an FBI, CIA, Teacher, um…lets say delivery boy does some crazy shit to Kash. I believe I could forgive them, like jesus said to, even in a courtroom.