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Swede

(39,936 posts) Wed Apr 29, 2026, 10:48 AM Apr 29

The FBI was a tv show way back when.

kash patel spent 11 months investigating a single picture of some seashells
— Adam Bates (@abates.bsky.social) 2026-04-28T22:33:48.702Z

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The FBI was a tv show way back when. (Original Post) Swede Apr 29 OP

Patel is an incompetent, drunken, hack. -misanthroptimist Apr 29 #1

Imagine being a long-term FBI officer/agent, and flvegan Apr 29 #2

Now imagine mercuryblues Apr 29 #3

What do you think Efrim Zimbalist Jr's character displacedvermoter Apr 29 #4

Loved that show! hamsterjill Apr 29 #5

-misanthroptimist

(1,824 posts)

1. Patel is an incompetent, drunken, hack.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:09 AM

Apr 29

flvegan

(66,472 posts)

2. Imagine being a long-term FBI officer/agent, and

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:18 AM

Apr 29

having the intelligence level to go with that. Now imagine that this moron is also your boss, saying that it "takes time" for you to "investigate" this sort of stupidity.

mercuryblues

(16,507 posts)

3. Now imagine

Reply to flvegan (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:24 AM

Apr 29

Your loved one has been missing for months/years or found brutally murdered.
But the FBI is busy dusting every seashell in the ocean for fingerprints.

displacedvermoter

(4,921 posts)

4. What do you think Efrim Zimbalist Jr's character

Reply to flvegan (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:25 AM

Apr 29

would make of this?

hamsterjill

(17,721 posts)

5. Loved that show!

Reply to displacedvermoter (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:36 AM

Apr 29

Yes, I am as old as dirt.

I think Inspector Erskine could probably handle Trump, don't you???!!! LOL

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