Discussion
Iran-linked hackers have breached FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal emails
pixl97: >“This isn’t an FBI compromise — it’s someone’s personal junk drawer,” he said.Eh, with how many people in the current administration seem to use out of band channels to communicate very important things who knows what else they located.
griffzhowl: But just a personal account with materials reportedly from 2011-2022, not an FBI breach
jameskilton: But ... but her emails!
7174n6: I'm sure it will be embarrassing for him personally, but not a breach of U.S. government systems.Kudos to CNN for publishing a balanced take on it.
SirFatty: You're assuming that he didn't use personal email for his FBI "work".
joe_mamba: Did they find those non-existent Epstein files?@vrganj No, the opposite. The Trump admin with Kash Patel, was claiming early on that the Epstein files are a hoax, that he's seen the files personally and there's "nothing there".
vrganj: Is that the latest spin to defend the pedophile class?I see you updated your comment, but in a way that doesn't make any sense. Of course the pedophiles in the files will say it's a hoax.
morkalork: No worries. As long as rigorous due diligence was followed when vetting him as a candidate, there will surely be nothing embarrassing or harmful found in his personal emails.
dyauspitr: He absolutely uses his personal email for all sorts of sensitive stuff. I guarantee it. It seems to be a constant with this administration, just a slow decline into incompetence.
Tostino: This was an extremely limited leak. Just looked through the zip. I wouldn't doubt he does use his personal email for government purposes, but it's not in here.
mplanchard: Link if you want to look: https://bsky.app/profile/ddosecrets.org/post/3mi2iokglyn2w
FlamingMoe: Interesting comment: "if Iran ends up responsible for regime change in the US, i will be overjoyed as i die from irony"
Levitz: I mean, yes? You can give whatever weight you want to the whole thing, but the core issue with Hillary Clinton and the emails was that she was storing material on a private server rather than in official infrastructure.If Patel didn't do such thing here, the breach should only expose personal stuff, if he did, then it's much more of a problem, but either way this is a really clear example of why concern was raised back at the time.
dogleash: > I guarantee it. It seems to be a constant with this administration, just a slow decline into incompetence.Sure, they suck and all but that's not really the predictive indicator for this one.Remember that time a decade ago, where we found out high ranking government officials used outside email to avoid record retention and discoverability laws?Or the other time a decade before that, where we found out high ranking government officials used outside email to avoid record retention and discoverability laws?
ck2: I'm sorry but nothing can ever be more embarrassing for that man who wrote this book to get that jobhttps://www.amazon.com/Plot-Against-King-Kash-Patel/dp/19555...What an absolute clownBut far more seriously, imagine the danger he has put this country into by firing so many critical people, some specifically and uniquely for Iran and Middle-East defenseLet's hope we don't get another 9/11 in the next 1000 days because they are completely unprepared and won't ever see it coming, maybe even on purpose
Oarch: How am I only finding out about this now... my sides
akdev1l: >just a slow decline into incompetence.Give them some credit, it’s been quite rapid.
Spellinator: As if this is the first time this has ever happened.How many former officials used personal accounts about government business?How many corporate executives communicate business via personal accounts to avoid legal discovery?How many individuals communicate outside their main email accounts to avoid scrutiny or attribution?Point is, nobody should feel superior or shocked that such things like this happen. I understand some enjoy the privacy of their perceived enemies being exposed, but IMHO, nobody should be happy about invasion of anyone's privacy.
nullable_bool: Gone are the days of the strong silent type running the roles of high power in the government. He is a real embarrassment and I feel sorry for his mother.
kipukun: Like Gary Cooper?
smrtinsert: Is it legal to download something like this?
fluidcruft: You can't prove you didn't (and the fuzz will produce evidence you did).
snovymgodym: > I feel sorry for his mother.In all likelihood his upbringing is what made him this way.
7174n6: The leak is from 2011-2022. He wasn't in the government then!!!!
phonon: Are you kidding? He had extremely sensitive roles as Devin Nunes' House committee aide from 2017–2019 in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, National Security Council aide and deputy director of national intelligence (2019–2020), and then Chief of staff to the secretary of defense (2020–2021).
enoint: I wonder how much of 2021. Two FBI agents reported that he was the bag man for payments to alter Jan 6 cases.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/us/politics/house-weaponi...
paxys: I feel like sending phishing emails for penis enlargement pills would take down half the current administration.
penguin_booze: I know someone who will be interested in bigger hands--big beautiful hands.
fmajid: GMail, like Apple, has specific enhanced security programs available for Politically Exposed Persons:https://landing.google.com/intl/en_in/advancedprotection/The fact the Director of the FBI did not avail himself of this just reiterates how incompetent he is, in addition to being corrupt as heck.
