What Next - Can Kash Patel Survive This?
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
What happens to an organization when it purges much of its leadership and ranks irrespective of ability, and hires for sycophantic loyalty instead? The FBI is finding out.
Guests:
Michael Feinberg, former assistant special agent in charge at the FBI’s field office in Norfolk, VA, now a fellow at Lawfare.
Quinta Jurecic, staff writer at The Atlantic.
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| 1:16.4 | Here's the first thing you need to know about Michael Feinberg. |
| 1:21.2 | He does not like the director of the FBI, Cash Patel. |
| 1:23.1 | He's a clown. |
| 1:36.1 | This is somebody who is only willing to engage with intellectual arguments in as much as they will help him force his political vision on others. |
| 1:44.2 | Michael spent 16 years at the FBI himself, and he has done the research when it comes to Cash Patel. |
| 1:45.9 | I read his books. |
| 1:53.7 | It was clear his name was always in the mix for becoming the director if Trump won the 24 election. |
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