Patel blamed FBI agents for his own incompetence in a profanity-laced online meeting: NYT

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly criticized subordinates in a tense Thursday morning meeting over their handling of the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s killer.

More than 200 agents joined the online call, which was first reported by The New York Times. An official attending the meeting told the Times that Patel criticized the agency’s “Mickey Mouse operations,” saying it was one of the few times in the call that he wasn’t cursing.

During the call, Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino emphasized the need to catch Kirk’s killer. Patel also criticized Salt Lake City agents for not providing him with a photo of the suspected killer until 12 hours later, the Times reported.

Both Patel and Bongino flew to Utah on Thursday to personally oversee the investigation.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/patel-ripped-fbi-agents-profanity-223105400.html

[LearnedHand]

1. All the signs of an incompetent asshole loser

Blame others for your own failings.

[tanyev]

2. Yeah, blame a bunch of FBI agents for your own idiocy. Jeenyus.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Finest law enforcement agency in the world is clueless about conducting a crime investigation.

Sure.

[Bluetus]

33. ACTUALLY, they did the job efficiently. Patel is angry because they caught the wrong guy.

They were supposed to arrest a Mexican Muslim transgender woman born to a communist father who had studied under the Unabomber after having an affair with Patty Hearst, that led him to be a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army.

How could the FBI F up so badly?

[Irish_Dem]

36. Not too late. They can sex up the perp's resume.

[Sneederbunk]

3. Never thought I would live to see the FBI as a clown show.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Put a clown in the White House and the federal government is a circus.

[markodochartaigh]

28. Sure we're at a whole new level now.

But I think that we shouldn't be glossing over J. Edgar Hoover, we should be drawing parallels.

[Blue Owl]

4. trump has turned the FBI into shit

NEXT!

[allegorical oracle]

21. Yep -- if you're skilled, you're fired so that the incompetent feel safe in their job.

[intrepidity]

5. He's lucky the kid's family turned him in.

They'd still be running in circles, clueless.

So unsurprising.

[Irish_Dem]

12. The only tool they were using was a big reward.

Looks like they had nothing else.

[surfered]

6. Blame someone else, just like Trump

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Blame will ensure slow walk cooperation every time

Guy understands zero about organizational psychology

[Irish_Dem]

13. Patel may get the most toxic manager award this year.

[allegorical oracle]

23. Inept managers never learn that they're only as good as the staff they have.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Trump and his people are making many powerful enemies.

One day it is all going to backfire on them.

[orangecrush]

32. Got that right

To say the least

[Kid Berwyn]

11. Hey, Ka$h!

The phone call came from inside the building.

[struggle4progress]

14. I've always wondered how Patel perfected that "I'm batshit crazy" stare

[maxrandb]

15. Sigh...in the Navy, we would call him a "Seagull Manager"

Flies in, starts screaming, shits everywhere, flies off.

[Grins]

16. "CEO Of The Year!"

Shit on 200 agents in a freaking CONFERENCE CALL????

200? Then it’s not their fault. It’s management’s.

[Bluetus]

34. What "fault"? It seems like they arrested the right perp within 2 days. That's pretty good.

[Mblaze]

17. The agency dies

From the head down.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. If Patel had simply called the FBI Agent on scene, he would not have posted his ignorant first tweet. . . . . nt

[BoRaGard]

19. Patel has a full set of republicon family values

[patphil]

20. Sounds like the boss came down hard on him, and he just passed it along.

Also, Patel fired a lot of the people who would have been involved in this operation, and put his/Trump's people in their place.
For example, Dan Bongino; a perfect example of incompetence in a sensitive position.
They probably lost several hundred years of experience and know-how in the process.

[bmichaelh]

22. Patel has only himself to blame

Here is a story of FBI heads forcing out senior agents.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/analysis/fbi-women-minorities-job-losses-kash-patel-rcna222988

One forced out recently, Mehtab Syed, was special agent in charge of Salt Lake City.

This article also mention her being forced out with some comments from the creator of The Wire, David Simon.

https://www.rawstory.com/charlie-kirk-killer/

[Attilatheblond]

35. Mehtab Syed has a stellar resume and they canned her

Wrong gender. Wrong color. Wrong religion. Oh, and she is competent. Trump doesn't like competence.

[kkmarie]

24. He fired the FBI special agent in charge

Kash Patel fired the 'legendary' special agent in charge of Utah's FBI divison just a month before she would have led the ongoing manhunt for Charlie Kirk's assassin.

The special agent in charge in Salt Lake City, Mehtab Syed, was pushed out of the role in August, despite former agents saying she was 'absolutely the best' in the bureau

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15089759/Kash-Patel-Utah-FBI-leadership-Charlie-Kirk-assassination.html

I don't know maybe if they had kept competent leadership he wouldn't have to have had that online call. But you know, she was a woman of color.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW

#EpsteinFiles

[Botany]

25. "Both Patel and Bongino flew to Utah on Thursday to personally oversee the investigation."

But it wasn’t the FBI who caught the shooter it was his own father who recognized him
and his son confessed to the shooting to him after which he called his Pastor
who called the local police. Patel was out @ a fancy NYC restaurant the night of the
shooting.

Patel and Bongino are way in over their heads in their current positions both of them are
just right wing bloggers and professional nut balls.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/132288261

A must see video. Patel is either insane and or just con man and or stupid.

[AverageOldGuy]

26. I may not have the correct citation, but . . .

As I recall it is Army Regulation 5-6 or 15-6 that establishes the expectations and requirements for leaders that says something like this:

"The Commander is responsible for all the unit does or fails to do."

Of course, in the case of Trump and his appointees, they never take responsibility for anything.

[moniss]

27. An example of the failings of a

weak and incompetent manager is one who pulls this sort of thing in a group scenario. That's why I call him Hack Patel now.

[kairos12]

29. Give the guy a break.

It’s hard to talk while shitting your pants at the same time

[sop]

30. Wait till there's another pandemic, Americans are dying by the thousands and RFK Jr.'s caught with his thumb up his ass.

[taxi]

31. Sorry, boss. Finding democrats that fit the profiles of killers isn't producing many leads, but we'll start looking

at Disney right away. It is possible that a scientist or doctor could have done this. Should we start looking at abortion records and astronomers too?

[DinahMoeHum]

37. Kash's FBI - Fuckheads, Bunglers, Imbeciles

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n/t

[Queso Delicioso]

38. Bug-eyed asshole loser sezwut?

The fish rots from the head.