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Kash Patel Wants to Work from Home for FBI

62 points by xnx 2y ago

adamnemecek 2y ago
Makes sense, he’s probably committing a lot of crimes so he can investigate that from home.
benatkin 2y ago
> allegations of running a “bait and switch” scheme in his time-shares UNIX time sharing system is the only nice time-share I've ever heard of, so I struggle to even think of a timeshare that's a bad deal as a bait and switch...
blharr 2y ago
> It seems that the appearance of corruption is not a barrier to working in the Trump administration Maybe they're using litotes here, but it seems that kind of corruption is actively being sought out.
- xnx 2y ago
  I heard someone refer to Trump's cabinet as a Suicide Squad, a deliberate collection of the worst people.
  - kcplate 2y ago
    Well in the movies they were successful…
  - ourguile 2y ago
    That's also typically referred to as a kakistocracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakistocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakistocracy
- orwin 2y ago
  I've heard somewhere that the ex-CEO of the healthcare company that committed the biggest healthcare fraud in US history (and was paid tens on millions for doing it) is employed by the whitehouse, is that true? Because if it is, they should look at him and his company first.
  - xnx 2y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_fraud In April 2019, Federal officials charged Philip Esformes, 48 years old, of paying and receiving kickbacks and bribes in the then largest Medicare fraud case in U.S. history. The fraud took place between 2007 until 2016 and involved about $1.3 billion worth of fraudulent claims. Esformes was described as "a man driven by almost unbounded greed,".
IntelMiner 2y ago
Uh oh. He's going to butt heads with president Ketamine over that one
ranger_danger 2y ago
Rules for thee, not for me.
justfix17 2y ago
So I guess there is no return to office for appointees.
glass_door 2y ago
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- aurareturn 2y ago
  Should stay. HN has a very strong opinion on WFH regardless of politics.
- defrost 2y ago
  Which component do you want to bet is fake? * Kash Patel [..] wants to live part-time in Las Vegas and work remotely, far away from FBI headquarters in Washington. * Kash Patel lives at a home owned by Michael Muldoon, they took a golf trip together to Scotland when Patel was a federal employee on the National Security Council, which could be an ethics violation. * ??
Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago
Does that mean he gets a link to access all the classified data, from home? Kash: I'm working from home, I need to access these databases. FBI: They are highly classified and sensitive, you can only access them from the office because they are on an air-gapped system. Kash: Connect it to the internet so I can access it from home.
- jfengel 2y ago
  There are ways to establish secure facilities at people's homes. It's not entirely uncommon: high military leaders don't just work 9-5. Working at home, after his work at the office with all of the other employees, is customary for the FBI director. Working from home, while everybody else is compelled to return to the office, is not a good look.
johnea 2y ago
Ha Ha Ha 8-) That's funny! He must have a lot of those "freedom dollars" 8-)

62 points by xnx 2y ago

Makes sense, he’s probably committing a lot of crimes so he can investigate that from home.

> allegations of running a “bait and switch” scheme in his time-shares UNIX time sharing system is the only nice time-share I've ever heard of, so I struggle to even think of a timeshare that's a bad deal as a bait and switch...

blharr 2y ago

> It seems that the appearance of corruption is not a barrier to working in the Trump administration Maybe they're using litotes here, but it seems that kind of corruption is actively being sought out.

xnx 2y ago
I heard someone refer to Trump's cabinet as a Suicide Squad, a deliberate collection of the worst people.
- kcplate 2y ago
  Well in the movies they were successful…
- ourguile 2y ago
  That's also typically referred to as a kakistocracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakistocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakistocracy
orwin 2y ago
I've heard somewhere that the ex-CEO of the healthcare company that committed the biggest healthcare fraud in US history (and was paid tens on millions for doing it) is employed by the whitehouse, is that true? Because if it is, they should look at him and his company first.
- xnx 2y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_fraud In April 2019, Federal officials charged Philip Esformes, 48 years old, of paying and receiving kickbacks and bribes in the then largest Medicare fraud case in U.S. history. The fraud took place between 2007 until 2016 and involved about $1.3 billion worth of fraudulent claims. Esformes was described as "a man driven by almost unbounded greed,".

IntelMiner 2y ago

Uh oh. He's going to butt heads with president Ketamine over that one

ranger_danger 2y ago

Rules for thee, not for me.

justfix17 2y ago

So I guess there is no return to office for appointees.

glass_door 2y ago

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aurareturn 2y ago
Should stay. HN has a very strong opinion on WFH regardless of politics.
defrost 2y ago
Which component do you want to bet is fake? * Kash Patel [..] wants to live part-time in Las Vegas and work remotely, far away from FBI headquarters in Washington. * Kash Patel lives at a home owned by Michael Muldoon, they took a golf trip together to Scotland when Patel was a federal employee on the National Security Council, which could be an ethics violation. * ??

Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago

Does that mean he gets a link to access all the classified data, from home? Kash: I'm working from home, I need to access these databases. FBI: They are highly classified and sensitive, you can only access them from the office because they are on an air-gapped system. Kash: Connect it to the internet so I can access it from home.

jfengel 2y ago
There are ways to establish secure facilities at people's homes. It's not entirely uncommon: high military leaders don't just work 9-5. Working at home, after his work at the office with all of the other employees, is customary for the FBI director. Working from home, while everybody else is compelled to return to the office, is not a good look.

johnea 2y ago

Ha Ha Ha 8-) That's funny! He must have a lot of those "freedom dollars" 8-)