FBI ‘is rudderless ship’ with director Kash Patel ‘in over his head’, damning report by agents claims
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-fbi-leadership-report-b2875585.html
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breadsmasher@lemmy.world · 120 pts · 260d
what do you mean some random podcaster with zero experience cant run one of the worlds largest law enforcement agencies?
whats next, a business man becoming president and trying to run the government like a business is also a terrible idea?!
/s
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 78 pts · 260d
A fake TV businessman who made his money from daddy and money laundering for the Russian mob, who's also a pedophile rapist and 34-times convicted felon? Of course such a person couldn't do the job of POTUS. The very idea is absurd.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 260d
Who is total mental decline as well https://youtu.be/9OtO-cypKmY
Zier@fedia.io · 52 pts · 260d
The head of the FBI, or any other Federal intelligence agency, should NEVER be an appointed position. Only qualified candidates should be hired to run these agencies. Politics needs to be reigned in so the trashing of the country can't occur. 249 years and this has never been fixed. What a bloody joke.
breadsmasher@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 260d
I get you, but I can also see it being both?
THEORY an appointed position but part of the confirmation is actually verifying their credentials
ArachnidMania@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 260d
Isn't that was the senate approval is supposed to be?
njm1314@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 260d
What's the difference between appointing somebody and hiring somebody? Isn't it virtually the same thing?
Zier@fedia.io · 2 pts · 259d
The president chose who he wanted & it was rubber stamp approved. Having an individual work their way up in the Agency to finally be promoted to the head is different, and they don't change every 4 years. Whiskey Pete was a fox newz reader, un-qualified for this job.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 259d
No that wasn't my question. I understand the difference between a qualified and unqualified candidate. What am I asking is what's the difference between hiring and appointing? Who's doing the promoting? And how is that any different than being appointed?
Zier@fedia.io · 0 pts · 258d
Congress has to approve the appointed cabinet. The FBI promotes employees. The FBI has no choice in the person running their entire organization, they were never an employee there.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 258d
Yes. Well aware. But the question I asked? You said the head of the FBI should never be appointed and we should only hire qualified individuals. Then I asked what's the difference between an appointment and a hiring, also who does the hiring? Remember?
TomMasz@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 260d
He doesn't just look like he's incapable, he really is!
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 260d
Hey the look of terror is just his natural resting dumb face.
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 34 pts · 260d
I don't know what you mean. The man exudes confidence and competence.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 260d
I can’t tell if that last one is an animated gif or not.
beetus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 260d
I swear he keeps moving
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 260d
The eyes follow me 🧐
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 260d
Just gotta keep watching.
fartographer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 260d
OH SHIT! Oh. I thought it was gonna jump out at me.
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 33 pts · 260d
The fact that they think a photo of them smiling shows they're doing a great job, tells you everything you need to know about their competence.
frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 26 pts · 260d
I thought his job was to use the FBI to harass political opponents, gather blackmail info for sale to donors, destroy evidence of regime corruption, sell out cooperating witnesses to criminal orgs, and fake evidence for clout. Also waste resources on unofficial activities on the side.
UnspecificGravity@infosec.pub · 14 pts · 260d
I mean, that's all in the wheelhouse of normal FBI operations under any administration, but it seems that this dude is especially bad at managing this regardless of their willingness to be tools or corruption.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 260d
The Dunning-Kruger administration.
crumpted@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 260d
If we're going to have Trump toadies anyways, I prefer the incompetent ones.
Point is, I'm a big fan of Kash Money.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 260d
US has never been this vulnerable to a terror attack. good luck.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 260d
Who needs to when it's eating itself from the inside?
Delphia@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 260d
"Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake"
cashsky@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 260d
fox2263@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 260d
Someone should make a version of that Charlie Kirk site where you use a slider to change his head size.
But with Kash’s eyes.
cashsky@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 260d
😂
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 260d
Bakkoda@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 259d
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 260d
this has been known for a year
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 260d
So, all going to plan, then.
fartographer@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 260d
You mean that the wee little penguin-stance man with the face of a haunted doll and the personality of a Furby owned by a drunk middle schooler wasn't the best choice?
the_q@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 260d
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 259d
I feel like I'm doing this to often but:
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 259d
On the plus side, there’s never been a better time for Americans to start a career in organised crime.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 259d
Well apparently they put criminals in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue these days so...
SabinStargem@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 259d
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 259d
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 259d
Um no, the ship is being ruddered just right by his totally-organic and authentic girlfriend.