GMail, like Apple, has specific enhanced security programs available for Politically Exposed Persons:<p><a href="https://landing.google.com/intl/en_in/advancedprotection/" rel="nofollow">https://landing.google.com/intl/en_in/advancedprotection/</a><p>The fact the Director of the FBI did not avail himself of this just reiterates how incompetent he is, in addition to being corrupt as heck.
Gone are the days of the strong silent type running the roles of high power in the government. He is a real embarrassment and I feel sorry for his mother.
> Gone are the days of the strong silent type running the roles of high power in the government<p>What, like J.Edgar?
> I feel sorry for his mother.<p>In all likelihood his upbringing is what made him this way.
Gone only because current leadership kicked them all to the curb and told them to get out of Washington. Only loyal talking heads are wanted there now.
The strong silent types were all fired for being "woke". We collectively decided that incompetence should be the top qualification for all positions of power, and the results are obvious.
I feel like sending phishing emails for penis enlargement pills would take down half the current administration.
Link if you want to look: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ddosecrets.org/post/3mi2iokglyn2w" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/ddosecrets.org/post/3mi2iokglyn2w</a>
Interesting comment:
"if Iran ends up responsible for regime change in the US, i will be overjoyed as i die from irony"
Is it legal to download something like this?
I'm sure it will be embarrassing for him personally, but not a breach of U.S. government systems.<p>Kudos to CNN for publishing a balanced take on it.
These are a group that used outside signal chats to discuss war plans. What odds do you have that he didn't use a personal email to avoid future accountability?
You're assuming that he didn't use personal email for his FBI "work".
Not surprising as email providers like Yahoo's security are a joke. A former CIA director got his personal emailed pwned as well.
>“This isn’t an FBI compromise — it’s someone’s personal junk drawer,” he said.<p>Eh, with how many people in the current administration seem to use out of band channels to communicate <i>very</i> important things who knows what else they located.
This isn’t a written by a human — it's a AI-accelerated piece.
As if this is the first time this has ever happened.<p>How many former officials used personal accounts about government business?<p>How many corporate executives communicate business via personal accounts to avoid legal discovery?<p>How many individuals communicate outside their main email accounts to avoid scrutiny or attribution?<p>Point is, nobody should feel superior or shocked that such things like this happen. I understand some enjoy the privacy of their perceived enemies being exposed, but IMHO, nobody should be happy about invasion of anyone's privacy.
Most incompetent administration in the modern era.
But just a personal account with materials reportedly from 2011-2022, not an FBI breach
I'm sorry but nothing can ever be more embarrassing for that man who wrote this book to get that job<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Plot-Against-King-Kash-Patel/dp/1955550123" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Plot-Against-King-Kash-Patel/dp/19555...</a><p>What an absolute clown<p>But far more seriously, imagine the danger he has put this country into by firing so many critical people, some specifically and uniquely for Iran and Middle-East defense<p>Let's hope we don't get another 9/11 in the next 1000 days because they are completely unprepared and won't ever see it coming, maybe even on purpose
> Let's hope we don't get another 9/11 in the next 1000 days because they are completely unprepared and won't ever see it coming, maybe even on purpose<p>Why would anyone bother to attack us now? This entire administration has done more to make The US weak and vulnerable than any outside attacker could have hoped to accomplish. They can just sit back and watch rome burn
How am I only finding out about this now... my sides
[dupe] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47543167">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47543167</a>
No worries. As long as rigorous due diligence was followed when vetting him as a candidate, there will surely be nothing embarrassing or harmful found in his personal emails.
But ... but her emails!
I mean, yes? You can give whatever weight you want to the whole thing, but the core issue with Hillary Clinton and the emails was that she was storing material on a private server rather than in official infrastructure.<p>If Patel didn't do such thing here, the breach should only expose personal stuff, if he did, then it's much more of a problem, but either way this is a really clear example of why concern was raised back at the time.
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Did they find those non-existent Epstein files?<p>@vrganj No, the opposite. The Trump admin with Kash Patel, was claiming early on that the Epstein files are a hoax, that he's seen the files personally and there's "nothing there".<p>@vrganj It makes sense if you know the context.
Is that the latest spin to defend the pedophile class?<p>I see you updated your comment, but in a way that doesn't make any sense. Of course the pedophiles in the files will say it's a hoax.
The DOJ acknowledges that over 100,000 files are still withheld.
He absolutely uses his personal email for all sorts of sensitive stuff. I guarantee it. It seems to be a constant with this administration, just a slow decline into incompetence.
>just a slow decline into incompetence.<p>Give them some credit, it’s been quite rapid.
This was an extremely limited leak. Just looked through the zip. I wouldn't doubt he does use his personal email for government purposes, but it's not in here.
Remember when that was considered an actual issue in 2016? I remember congressional hearings over this.
And it's not a coincidence that they're also the ones who shout about "meritocracy" the loudest.