Michael Feinberg
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133 appearances
5 recordings
2 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 29 Aug
Michael Feinberg’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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What I make of this is that they are having a very difficult time getting recruits, getting the right sort of people to apply.
As you noted, they've lost almost 10% of the agent workforce, if those numbers from Justice Connection are correct.
And they need to backfill that.
But if you're having trouble recruiting people, there are really only two things you can do to fix that.
You can make it a more attractive place to work, but the vindictive and almost random firings that Patel embarks upon almost every month make that difficult.
And the other option is you can lower standards so it's easier for people to get in.
I've talked to a lot of people still in the organization.
I've talked to a lot of my fellow alumni.
And we're all frankly embarrassed.
The idea that you could commit the very crimes the FBI investigates without it being a hindrance to you becoming a special agent is
Ghastly.
It's it's horrible.
I mean, the FBI investigates human trafficking.
Now, if you're one of the people who takes advantage of those victims, Cash Patel is gonna open the door for you.
The FBI investigates white collar crime, but now embezzlement is not a bar to getting a badge.
I'm not even gonna try and contemplate what led them to make a special category out of bestiality, but that's really not something you wanna brag about in polite society either.
Yeah, so the most basic level is you don't want hypocrites enforcing the law.
You don't want people who think they are holier than thou and can get away with things that they're gonna arrest others for.
The second reason in a lot of cases is they don't want you to have vulnerabilities that could render you susceptible to blackmail in the future by hostile foreign powers or other criminal organizations.
And the last one, particularly of note in the FBI and intelligence community, because their checks go so much farther back than other agencies, is
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