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Monday, April 27, 2026

FBI Director Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel FBI lingered aimlessly after a man exchanged gunfire with USSS agents at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday. Patel was seen standing agape and dumbfounded outside the Washington Hilton hotel like a random attendee or bystander, not like a man in charge of America's premier law-enforcement agency after an alleged assassination attempt on the President of the United States.

This man walks in the footsteps of J. Edgar Hoover, William Webster, and Robert Mueller

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FBI Director Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel can find a local Alcoholics Anonymous chapter in the Washington DC area by calling (212) 870-3400.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-27 02:24 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

He's dumber than a bag of hammers, what were you expecting?

#2 | Posted by a_monson at 2026-04-27 04:42 AM | Reply

Trump Event Shooter Names Kash Patel As Only US Official Off Target List
www.ndtv.com

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-04-27 05:03 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

To be fair, he was dumbfounded before the attack too.

I heard that he was pissed the open bar was cancelled.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-04-27 07:37 AM | Reply

He's (kash) dumber than a bag of hammers

#2 | Posted by a_monson

Hammers know what they are about.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-27 09:23 AM | Reply

Kash Patel published a book in 2023 entitled Government Gangsters.

He's not as dumb as people might think.

www.amazon.com

#6 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-04-27 09:24 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

6. Why would you say, "He's not as dumb as people might think"?

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"A brilliant roadmap highlighting every corrupt actor, to ultimately return our agencies and departments to work for the American People . . . we will use this blueprint to help us take back the White House and remove these Gangsters from all of Government!" -- Donald J. Trump

The highest levels of government have been infiltrated by an anti-democratic Deep State that can be defeated by refocusing our national security mission and relentlessly defending the truth.

#7 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-04-27 09:37 AM | Reply

Arrested suspect wrote:

"Administration officials (not including [FBI Director Kash] Patel): they are targets, prioritised from highest-ranking to lowest"

In other words (emphasis added), for this guy Kash Patel wasn't even worth killing.

#8 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-04-27 09:49 AM | Reply

#6 | Posted by BillJohnson

No, you're just dumber than he is.

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-27 11:26 AM | Reply

"Trump Event Shooter Names Kash Patel As Only US Official Off Target List"

Excellent catch DOC! I wasn't aware of that.

#10 | Posted by danni at 2026-04-27 12:24 PM | Reply

Oh it's also pretty funny; Patel is seriously wishing he had made the list!

#11 | Posted by danni at 2026-04-27 12:25 PM | Reply

Drunks are easier to hit... Kegsbreath could have been second on his List.

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-27 12:30 PM | Reply

Jen Taub
@jentaub.bsky.social

Let me get this straight. The DOJ is indicting someone who allegedly broke through security with intent to kill leaders including the VP & Speaker of the House.

Has EVERYONE forgotten that Trump pardoned convicted felons who stormed broke into the Capitol with intent to kill the VP & Speaker?

#13 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-04-27 02:44 PM | Reply

Colombian druglords used to pay poor mestizos to swallow condoms full of cocaine and fly to the US.

A US-bound flight would have a few of these mules aboard.

These mules would be met at nearby locations in Queens and evacuate the condoms in the toilet for their handlers.

But the Colombian schemers would select one farmer or hausfrau who visibly stood out. CBP inspectors would easily ID her/him. This mule carried 10 to 15 balloons as a "sacrifice" to allow the other mules to get through.

The successful mules would have 40 to 50 balloons in their intestines.

This alleged assassin drew so much attention it appears that USSS agents all focused on him when there may have been accomplices elsewhere in the building or follow-on attackers from the front.

And FBI Director Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel didn't take charge of the situation.

#14 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-27 03:06 PM | Reply

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