FBI Director Kash Patel Planning a Trip to Russia

Valid, though the title on the page mentions Politico, and Reuters typically does their own write-up (which I tend to prefer) in short order after posting a stub article such as this.

Re: FBI Director Kash Patel Planning a Trip to Russia

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Post by dieselgate » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:12 PM UTC

Jtsummers wrote: post #2

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/20/kash-patel-fbi-russ... Source with more than just a sentence about the topic.

Thank you for the link. This is trite but Patel is consistently pictured with a deer-in-the-headlight kind of look on his face it's pretty goofy.

Re: FBI Director Kash Patel Planning a Trip to Russia

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Post by tim-tday » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC

Nice, I wonder if he’s planning to return.

Re: FBI Director Kash Patel Planning a Trip to Russia

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Post by treetalker » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 9:24 PM UTC

Send the guy (er, one of the many guys) with both national-security knowledge and a weak spot for alcohol into the lion’s den of espionage in the land of vodka. What could go wrong?

Re: FBI Director Kash Patel Planning a Trip to Russia

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Post by pseudohadamard » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 10:52 AM UTC

treetalker wrote: post #7

Send the guy (er, one of the many guys) with both national-security knowledge and a weak spot for alcohol into the lion’s den of espionage in the land of vodka. What could go wrong?

He's going to pay homage to his boss' boss, it's an important career move for him.