"Something that struck me in Elaina Plott Calabro's Atlantic profile of Kash Patel was the fact that many of almost 40 of Patel's former Trump administration colleagues who cooperated with the piece would not give their names. They had to be anonymous because they were so terrified of retaliation. Let's talk about what this all means-retaliation, retribution, enemies' lists."
"I think it's like J. Edgar Hoover on steroids and on acid at the same time. Because what we rely on FBI directors to be is to be steady hands, to be cool heads in difficult times."
"The FBI has this incredibly difficult job of protecting national security against terrorist attacks. That means that they're playing defense all the time. They can't let one football go through the goalposts."
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