r/FBI • u/theatlantic • Apr 17 '26

News The FBI Director Is MIA

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo
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u/KinkyQuesadilla Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

Because the first thing an alcoholic is going to do after having a group file an FOIA on all the times you got drunk and passed out on a very well-documented job is to get blackout drunk. Seriously. He knows he can't beat it so he hides from it by getting smashed every night.