Olivia Troy - Unfit for Duty: The Grave National Security Risk of Kash Patel Leading the FBI
As you receive this, I am on Capitol Hill for the confirmation hearing for FBI Director nominee Kash Patel. As you may know, Kash and I have a little history. We worked together in the past, and he recently made legal threats against me for speaking the truth about him. I want to share with you today some more details about that history.
I have spent my career at the intersection of national security and crisis response, working directly with the highest levels of leadership in the U.S. government. I have advised and operated alongside decision-makers who shaped our nation’s security, from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld—who once stated about me that, “she does not suffer fools”—to the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, the Under Secretary for Intelligence at DHS, and the Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence.
I have worked first-hand with National Security Advisors like Ambassador John Bolton and Charlie Kupperman—individuals who understood the weight of their roles and the precision required in matters of intelligence and counterterrorism. My experience spans three administrations—those of Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump—where I sat in the room during responses to terrorist attacks, watching our country’s leadership make decisions in real-time that impacted national security.
Because of this, I know what true leadership looks like at the highest levels. I know what it takes to operate within the national security apparatus. I understand the demands of the role and the gravity of the work. I know the role of the FBI. And I know what happens when people in these positions are unfit for the job. It is with this background that I feel compelled to express serious concerns regarding Kash Patel’s qualifications for Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). It’s also the reason that I signed onto this letter earlier this week with more than 20 former Republican law enforcement officials urging Republican senators to oppose Patel.
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