Kash Patel, the FBI and Retribution

[Marener]

LOL You mean people that tote your cult's party line.

You think Gina Haspell and Bill Barr are left wing cultists? Jesus, get a grip.

The Atlantic is a left wing Trump hating rag.

Then point out what they said that was wrong.

 

[progressive hunter]

You think Gina Haspell and Bill Barr are left wing cultists? Jesus, get a grip.

Then point out what they said that was wrong.

they are uniparty minions,, same as leftwing,,

 

[Marener]

they are uniparty minions,, same as leftwing,,

That’s an excuse. Total nonsense.

Someone talking about going after the media with government prosecutions because they didn’t like what they said about their political leadership should send up red flags in any rational American.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

No, I dont care to name names

I’m not qualified to know that

Are you agreeing with me that lib hysteria is misplaced?

Only guilty people within the FBI are at risk?

Just more propaganda.

 

[progressive hunter]

That’s an excuse. Total nonsense.

Someone talking about going after the media with government prosecutions because they didn’t like what they said about their political leadership should send up red flags in any rational American.

cant prosecute if theres not a crime,,

why are you so scared??

 

[Marener]

cant prosecute if theres not a crime,,

You can if you have unscrupulous and unethical hacks in these positions.

Exactly the kind of people Trump wants to appoint.

 

[progressive hunter]

You can if you have unscrupulous and unethical hacks in these positions.

Exactly the kind of people Trump wants to appoint.

you sound really distressed about all this,,

can I get you a lollipop or something??

 

[Rawley]

You think Gina Haspell and Bill Barr are left wing cultists?

Didn't say that, did I?

Jesus, get a grip.

Backatacha

Then point out what they said that was wrong.

Nope. Wasted too much time on left wing rags you guys live by.

 

[Marener]

you sound really distressed about all this,,

can I get you a lollipop or something??

I see you no longer want to have a rational adult conversation.

Suit yourself.

 

[progressive hunter]

I see you no longer want to have a rational adult conversation.

Suit yourself.

I was,,

youre the one losing your mind because your feelings are hurt not me,,

cant prosecute someone if they didnt commit a crime,,

why is that so hard to understand

 

[Marener]

Didn't say that, did I?

Those were the people quoted in the article. The quote you directly responded to. It was logical to assume you were referring to them. Try being more clear when you respond.

Nope. Wasted too much time on left wing rags you guys live by.

Like I said, if you don’t like something then you just ignore it.

From the article:
On that Friday, according to multiple reported accounts, SEAL Team 6 was awaiting the Pentagon’s green light on a rescue mission in West Africa. The day before, the administration had learned where gunmen were holding Philip Walton, a 27-year-old American who had been kidnapped that week from his farm near Niger’s border with Nigeria. As multiple agencies now coordinated on final details for the evening operation, the State Department worked to resolve the last outstanding task—securing airspace permission from Nigerian officials. Around noon, Patel called the Pentagon with an update: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, he said, had gotten the approval. The mission was a go.

The SEALs were close to landing in Nigeria when Defense Secretary Mark Esper discovered that the State Department had not, in fact, secured the overflight clearance, as Patel had claimed. The aircraft were quickly diverted, flying in circles for the next hour as officials scrambled to alert the Nigerian government to their position. With the operation window narrowing, Esper and Pompeo called the Situation Room to put the decision to the president: Either they abort the mission and risk their hostage being killed, or they proceed into foreign airspace and risk their soldiers being shot down.

But then, suddenly, the deputy secretary of state was on the line, Esper later wrote in his memoir: They’d been cleared.

Soon Walton was reunited with his family.

What had happened?

Celebratory feelings gave way to anger as officials tried to make sense of Patel’s bad report. According to Esper, Pompeo claimed that at no point had he even spoken with Patel about the mission, much less told him he’d received the airspace rights. Esper wrote that his team suspected that Patel had simply “made the approval story up.”

Anthony Tata, the Pentagon official and retired Army general to whom Patel had originally given the green light, confronted Patel in a rage. “You could’ve gotten these guys killed!” Tata shouted, according to two people familiar with the exchange. “What the fuck were you thinking?”

Patel’s response was: “If nobody got hurt, who the fuck cares?”

Patel denies saying this, or making up the approval story. He “would never jeopardize an operation, American hostages or our soldiers,” he said through his spokesperson. “In every situation, including this one, I followed the chain of command.”

But three former senior administration officials independently cited the near catastrophe in West Africa as one of their foremost recollections from Patel’s tenure. They remain unsettled by Patel’s actions in large part because they still have no clue what motivated them. If Patel had in fact just invented the story, as Esper’s team concluded, then why? Was it because the election was in four days, and Patel was simply that impatient to set in motion a final potential victory for Trump, whatever the risk—was it as darkly cynical as that? Did his lack of experience mean he just had no grasp of the consequences?

 

[Marener]

I was,,

youre the one losing your mind because your feelings are hurt not me,,

cant prosecute someone if they didnt commit a crime,,

No, you aren’t. Best case scenario, you’re trolling. Worst case is you’re a fucking moron.

 

[progressive hunter]

No, you aren’t. Best case scenario, you’re trolling. Worst case is you’re a fucking moron.

why wont you answer the question I have now asked twice??

why are you worried since you cant prosecute someone if they didnt commit a crime??

heres another,,

are you OK with a high government official or fed law enforcement working with the media to hide the truth from the american people??

 

[Rawley]

Those were the people quoted in the article. The quote you directly responded to. It was logical to assume you were referring to them. Try being more clear when you respond.

I was crystal clear calling them swamp creatures. You're devolved to simply making shit up now. Sad.

Like I said, if you don’t like something then you just ignore it.

From the article:
On that Friday, according to multiple reported accounts, SEAL Team 6 was awaiting the Pentagon’s green light on a rescue mission in West Africa. The day before, the administration had learned where gunmen were holding Philip Walton, a 27-year-old American who had been kidnapped that week from his farm near Niger’s border with Nigeria. As multiple agencies now coordinated on final details for the evening operation, the State Department worked to resolve the last outstanding task—securing airspace permission from Nigerian officials. Around noon, Patel called the Pentagon with an update: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, he said, had gotten the approval. The mission was a go.

The SEALs were close to landing in Nigeria when Defense Secretary Mark Esper discovered that the State Department had not, in fact, secured the overflight clearance, as Patel had claimed. The aircraft were quickly diverted, flying in circles for the next hour as officials scrambled to alert the Nigerian government to their position. With the operation window narrowing, Esper and Pompeo called the Situation Room to put the decision to the president: Either they abort the mission and risk their hostage being killed, or they proceed into foreign airspace and risk their soldiers being shot down.

But then, suddenly, the deputy secretary of state was on the line, Esper later wrote in his memoir: They’d been cleared.

Soon Walton was reunited with his family.

What had happened?

Celebratory feelings gave way to anger as officials tried to make sense of Patel’s bad report. According to Esper, Pompeo claimed that at no point had he even spoken with Patel about the mission, much less told him he’d received the airspace rights. Esper wrote that his team suspected that Patel had simply “made the approval story up.”

Anthony Tata, the Pentagon official and retired Army general to whom Patel had originally given the green light, confronted Patel in a rage. “You could’ve gotten these guys killed!” Tata shouted, according to two people familiar with the exchange. “What the fuck were you thinking?”

Patel’s response was: “If nobody got hurt, who the fuck cares?”

Patel denies saying this, or making up the approval story. He “would never jeopardize an operation, American hostages or our soldiers,” he said through his spokesperson. “In every situation, including this one, I followed the chain of command.”

But three former senior administration officials independently cited the near catastrophe in West Africa as one of their foremost recollections from Patel’s tenure. They remain unsettled by Patel’s actions in large part because they still have no clue what motivated them. If Patel had in fact just invented the story, as Esper’s team concluded, then why? Was it because the election was in four days, and Patel was simply that impatient to set in motion a final potential victory for Trump, whatever the risk—was it as darkly cynical as that? Did his lack of experience mean he just had no grasp of the consequences?

LOL A Trump hating swamper and assorted un-named sources.

 

[whitehall]

Politics as usual results in the majority having the Constitutional right to hire and fire and dictate policy. The losers might call it "retribution" but there is no comparison.

 

[Marener]

I was crystal clear calling them swamp creatures. You're devolved to simply making shit up now. Sad.

And then you said they “tote your cult's party line.” That’s idiotic.

LOL A Trump hating swamper and assorted un-named sources.

They did the work to talk to the people that were there. You can ignore if you want but when has Kash Patel given you reason to believe in his competence?

And still nothing to say about his interest in going after the media because he didn’t like how they treated Trump.

 

[Rawley]

And then you said they “tote your cult's party line.” That’s idiotic.

They did the work to talk to the people that were there.

The unnamed sources, huh?

Seems to be their standard MO these days.

The Atlantic’s newest hit piece on Trump is why we can’t trust media - Washington Examiner

There's a reason people don't trust journalists, such as the Atlantic's Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, anymore.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

You can ignore if you want but when has Kash Patel given you reason to believe in his competence?

He was crucial in investgating and exposing the Russia Russia Russia hoax in the FBI and the DOJ.

And still nothing to say about his interest in going after the media because he didn’t like how they treated Trump.

If they have not committed any crimes, they have nothing to worry about, right?

 

[Marener]

He was crucial in investgating and exposing the Russia Russia Russia hoax in the FBI and the DOJ.

You mean the allegations that never panned out after Durham investigated for years and nothing to show for it?

If they have not committed any crimes, they have nothing to worry about, right?

Not when it’s right wingers pushing a narrative. Durham prosecuted two innocent people because of right wing vengeance and produced a report long on narrative and speculation and absent factual basis.

Patel says he wants to go after the media should show you how unfit for the job he is.

 

[Rawley]

You mean the allegations that never panned out after Durham investigated for years and nothing to show for it?

No, the one with a criminal conviction, multiple firings, harsh rebukes from the FISA court, the OIG and Durham's report, and 40 substantive changes to FBI procedures. Thank you Mr. Patel.

Not when it’s right wingers pushing a narrative. Durham prosecuted two innocent people because of right wing vengeance and produced a report long on narrative and speculation and absent factual basis.

Patel says he wants to go after the media should show you how unfit for the job he is.

If they have not committed any crimes, they have nothing to worry about, right?

 

[Mac-7]

I fear that Kash Patel will take our justice system in a dark and dangerous place. He’s clearly intent on pursuing political retribution. People have justifiable fear of government persecution based on what he and Trump have said.

Libs without sin have nothing to fear

But otherwise lookout