Kash Patel's Personalized Bourbon Stash

themafia

> he believes that many agents would worry that if the director offers you a bottle, and “you aren’t on board on receiving it enthusiastically, you are getting polygraphed for loyalty.” You work at a place that can polygraph you for loyalty? And you're defending anything about this?

3eb7988a1663

Can someone explain Patel's defamation lawsuit? I have no reason to doubt the Atlantic story about his drinking. If he sues and publicly loses, that is significantly more humiliating than quietly letting the story be forgotten.

throwworhtthrow

Context: The FBI Director Is MIA - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47813001 (18 days ago) F.B.I. Director Sues The Atlantic Over Article Claiming Excessive Drinking - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/us/politics/kash-patel-at... (15 days ago) FBI investigating leaks to journalist who wrote explosive article on Kash Patel - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48037332 (8 hours ago)

jcgrillo

There's nothing wrong with Woodford but... idk if I was going to have a bottle engraved with my name maybe find something more interesting? Strange behavior though...

ugh123

Guy is a fucking joke

arjie

Isn't this just a strange form of Challenge Coin[0]? I always found those odd and this seems odd in the same vein as opposed to a new kind of odd. It being alcohol is perhaps mildly interesting. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin

malbs

I love that Sarah Fitzpatrick has absolutely doubled down on this, gets sued, drops another article, "come at me bro"

travelalberta

I think Tim Dillon said it best when he stated: “Kash Patel was hired to explicitly NOT run the FBI”

r0ckarong

That country is such a clown show.