The bombshell report by The New York Post alleged that sources within the FBI had called Patel “in over his head” and his deputy, Dan Bongino, “something of a clown.”
“Patel apparently did not have his own FBI raid jacket with him and refused to step from the plane without wearing one,” the report, citing a highly respected agent, read.
FBI agents who were working on Kirk’s case “had to stop and ask around to find an FBI raid jacket — a medium-sized one — that would fit,” and eventually Patel was given a jacket belonging to a female agent.
However, according to the report, the FBI director complained that “two areas on the upper sleeves did not have Velcro patches attached” and refused to leave the plane until those areas were patched, prompting agents to remove their own to loan to him.
It’s moments like this where we can see how much copoganda really affected some people’s perspective on the world. I am willing to bet there is no small part of this person‘s reality that they don’t think is straight out of a Tom Clancy novel, and they are the forces of good and justice.
I guess being realistic with where we are now, straight out of an Amazon TV Tom Clancy series.
Ha ha, Tom Clancy. I always found that phenomenon rather curious. I honestly tried to read one of his books pressed into my hands, but I just couldn’t. At the time, the comparison that came to mind was pulp like the Mack Bolan books - something I remember kids reading in elementary school and after I read one or two, I think I was kind of done. I think when someone who I didn’t really know as a reader per se excitedly loaned me their Tom Clancy novel (I think it was Hunt for Red October) I was more into Stephen King and various fantasy/sci-fi stuff and reading Clancy seemed like it was just Mack Bolan for older people…
The thing about the Mack Bolan books was that I found it as if they pepped up the Hardy Boys a bit and plopped them down in a James Bond/ Cold War universe, but the stuff read much the same way as far as style.
Which is now hilarious to think about this association -> Hardy Boys -> Mack Bolan -> Clancy/Ryanverse since all of those series used ghost writers or other “authorized” authors to continue the cash cow…stuff I have found rather meh has made billions so I cannot say I exactly blame those running the scheme.
Anyway, I would not be surprised at all to find that someone like Patel (and honestly a lot of people in the Tacoverse) are fans of Clancy’s work.
I can’t say for certain they are but I’m of the same generation as him and grew up around conservatives that considered that type of “America at any cost” media to be sacred texts.
When you scratch the surface on it, it’s all just thinly veiled jingoism in a glossy suit. Hence homeboys desire here to have a “cool guy” jacket with unearned valor on it.
It’s 100% about the optics at the photo op after the real work has been done by someone trained and qualified.
Kash Patel starring in:
TOM CLANCY’S Clearly Part of a Pantsuit
TOM CLANCY’S Hunt for Rad Hat MAGA
TOM CLANCY’S Fake Elector Games
More like a take from … The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
… but not as funny :(
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Like this dude has ever read a novel