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FBI Director Cash Patel just filed a
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$250 million defamation suit against The
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Atlantic over an article he called quote
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hit piece. It was not a hit piece. The
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story is based on interviews with more
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than two dozen current and former
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officials about Patel's time at the FBI.
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It alleges excessive drinking, frequent
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absences, and erratic freakouts. There
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were reportedly multiple times over the
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past year where Patel's security detail
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had trouble waking him because he
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appeared to be intoxicated. One incident
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involved a request for breaching
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equipment, the kind a SWAT team used
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after Patel was unreachable behind
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locked doors.
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>> It's not about alcoholism in my view.
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It's incompetence. I don't doubt that
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the alcohol hurts him, but generally
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speaking, this is an incompetent person
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who has lacks judgment, doesn't show up
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for work on time, panics, he's so
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skittish, he thinks that he's being
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fired. I don't mind you drinking during
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the week night if you work for me, but
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be at work the next morning. It doesn't
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matter why you aren't showing up for
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work. This guy doesn't appear to be
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showing up.
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>> It creates a national security risk,
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which is I think why all these people
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are leaking, right? They dislike him,
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but he also is a huge national security
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risk. He's also abusing his privileges.
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Very Christine Gnome here, right?
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>> Well, I like the idea him and Axath are
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now referred to as the liquor cabinet. I
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think that's a good one.