Damning report labels FBI ‘rudderless ship’ under Kash Patel — with him and Dan Bongino more concerned with building ‘personal résumés’

NY Post ^ | 11-30-2025 | Miranda Devine

[Sir_Humphrey]

FBI Director Kash Patel is facing withering criticism from an alliance of active-duty and retired agents and analysts, days after the White House denied media reports that the president is about to fire him.

A troubling new report card on the first six months of Patel’s leadership concludes he is “in over his head” and his deputy, Dan Bongino, is “something of a clown,” according to the alliance, which in two previous reports warned about crippling DEI and politicization of the FBI during the Biden administration.

The Patel-led FBI is described in the 115-page report as a “rudderless ship” and “all f–ked up.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
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[Wuli]

The bureaucracy is trying a soft coup - nip Trump off at the legs (the people under him).

[bort]

While I understand that CURRENT FBI employees would like to remain anonymous, I find it ridiculous that a reporter would allow RETIRED FBI agents to remain anonymous. Personally, while I think that Kash and Dan are a little quirky, the FBI has been much more effective at doing its job of fighting crime. The stats don’t lie.

[Twotone]

NY Post has way too many pop up ads. It’s an annoying site. This is supposedly a ‘report card’ to be given to congress. Congress isn’t Patel’s boss, so it makes it clear this is just political nonsense. Although if Kash is pulling prima donna moves, he should stop it.

[Fledermaus]

BS

[Fledermaus]

It sounds like made up nonsense

[thesearethetimes...]

“I find it ridiculous that a reporter would allow RETIRED FBI agents to remain anonymous. “”

Well said, FRiend. There is a lot to parse in the timing of the piece as well.

[itsahoot]

They could eliminate some of the criticism if they actually arrested the crooks in their own department, then in their spare time maybe go after some of the criminal politicians that tried so hard to destroy Trump and the Republic. No more of the standard blowhard excuse "it takes a long time to build a case" crap. The Democrats can do it over night, we can't seem to do it in a single term, or even a double like we had during Reagan years.
Worked for us

[Blue Highway]

Thune was the biggest RINO that was chosen for Senate Majority leader

[OKSooner]

Thoon. :)

[Old West Conservative]

Ah, Free Republic

The most reliable source other than Dummies Underground to find a daily dose of TDS, PDS, BDS, RDS, and now HDS on parade.

The minimum daily requirement of unhinged Trump Derangement Syndrome can be found right here!

Kudos to all the you-know-whos!

And BTW, to all the clowns who tout this “damning report “because it’s in the broken-clock-is-right-2x-a-day NY Post....

Where were all of these FBI “old school” people during the corrupt tyranny of the Comey and Wray years? Crickets from those Deep State F’s in Old School clothing? Those apparently were great FBI directors since these traitors were oh so quiet then

But here we have countless people in this thread who apparently are so gullible that they’re not the least bit suspicious that these critics and experts surfaced ONLY when President Trump appointed an FBI director and DOJ chief who had the gall to prosecute a crook from their chubby, clubby, klatch.

[ronnie raygun]

of coarse there are those who are working behind the scenes and have no idea but are labeled experts