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Ocelot II

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6. "Our aggressive interview posture at the FBI"? What does that mean?
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 10:50 AM
Sep 2025

Did they waterboard somebody who they thought might know what the note said? Or is weaselly little Patel who always looks like he's being goosed just talking the manly MAGA man talk for the benefit of Dear Leader?

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The note disappeared just like the trumpstein files Clouds Passing Sep 2025 #1
Oh, yes! I forgot that part. The suspect also destroyed all of the Epstein files. The FBI was unable to un-destroy those still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #3
The Epstein files were NOT destroyed and have NOT gone away as an issue. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #7
The trumpstein files have been replaced by kirk in the MSM, that is the intent of my statement. Clouds Passing Sep 2025 #20
If you don't want to be misunderstood, then write clearly & don't get upset if you are misunderstood Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #23
I was speaking jokingly Clouds Passing Sep 2025 #26
That was clear with your initial post Dave says Sep 2025 #55
Welp, there are the ones who can laugh... ananda Sep 2025 #56
I thought they were being quite clear.... Quanto Magnus Sep 2025 #93
Seems like they largely have gone away quakerboy Sep 2025 #81
Sounds serious Torchlight Sep 2025 #96
Most of us think the USofA is in serious trouble. Good luck to you. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #101
Defense attorneys everywhere are salivating about *that* cross-examination Prairie Gates Sep 2025 #2
More like prosecutors are lining up to utilize this new standard of Federally acceptable evidence... ECL213 Sep 2025 #97
it was written in Sanskrit onethatcares Sep 2025 #4
Did it mention Valhalla? LeftInTX Sep 2025 #52
Voila! Another mystery solved! yardwork Sep 2025 #99
They are desperately trying to paint him as "leftist" Walleye Sep 2025 #5
He had a scholarship but could only cope with a single university term. Hardly "radicalized" by university Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #10
They want us to believe that this guy who was raised in a Republican family Walleye Sep 2025 #12
Spot on re vagueness (lack of facts) & they don't do nuance, lie, have Dunnings-Kruger & have confirmation bias. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #21
Dunning-Kruger dpibel Sep 2025 #36
Thanks. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #38
Thank JoseBalow Sep 2025 #125
thx Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #126
I personally think he had a gaming addiction. Happened to my son with a scholarship. First semester. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #44
I wish my daughter had taken away Tree Lady Sep 2025 #89
Kids like that in my family too. yardwork Sep 2025 #106
It's sad. We couldn't get much help for our son. This was at the end of 2011. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #132
The problem is, markodochartaigh Sep 2025 #13
Which is why I believe right and left are artificial designations that don't apply Walleye Sep 2025 #18
Certainly today in the US markodochartaigh Sep 2025 #24
Politics is at least two-dimensional, not linear, and probably has more identifiable dimensions Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #28
The Senator from Utah (GOP) said, let's just call them "radicals", Not right or left radicals. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #50
The problem is that he may see only MAGA as not radical karynnj Sep 2025 #63
The guy is still alive. He will eventually tell us what he was thinking I believe. Walleye Sep 2025 #71
I'm sure his lawyer is telling him to keep quiet. A plea deal is possible, but not probable. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #115
Yes, I would think he would try to avoid the death penalty. He's only 22. Walleye Sep 2025 #117
Plea deals are up to the prosecution, not the defendant. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #118
Unless there's something like a quid pro quo to avoid the death penalty by playing along with the narrative. Crunchy Frog Sep 2025 #134
also, they are simple-minded folks, so anyone against them are automatically leftists LymphocyteLover Sep 2025 #111
It's true I think you put your finger right on it there Walleye Sep 2025 #136
He killed a right wing person. returnee Sep 2025 #140
"Our aggressive interview posture at the FBI"? What does that mean? Ocelot II Sep 2025 #6
Waterboarding, I thought the same thing Walleye Sep 2025 #15
That stood out to me too TommyT139 Sep 2025 #66
'weaselly little Patel who always looks like he's being goosed' DET Sep 2025 #122
"aggressive interview posture" JoseBalow Sep 2025 #127
Apparently It Means RobinA Sep 2025 #129
They can undestroy a note Norbert Sep 2025 #8
They learn that in the Spells and Potions class at Quantico. Slitherin is the best at it. Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #14
Keep in mind the source, especially when they're known for promoting propaganda. sl8 Sep 2025 #9
Yes, good point. But in this case, it is true -- Kash Patel did literally say the things quoted. still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #19
Hindustan times left center biased? Is that a joke? Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #92
I was wondering about that, too. sl8 Sep 2025 #110
Moved post. nt sl8 Sep 2025 #100
Patel hired a travelling preacher who raised it from the dead.. Ping Tung Sep 2025 #11
Patel: "We have confirmed what the note said because our aggressive interview posture at the FBI." sop Sep 2025 #16
"Oh, and Trump definitely does not have a small penis." flvegan Sep 2025 #17
Many people are saying the destroyed notes specifically mentioned Trump's penis dalton99a Sep 2025 #22
Umm: 17 responses to date and not one is questioning wtf the 'leftist' ideology in that note hlthe2b Sep 2025 #25
I guess that's because nobody believes it? Ocelot II Sep 2025 #34
Ah, the fine art of un-destroying destroyed notes. still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #42
They must have hired Will Ferrell's daughter for the interrogation Ray Bruns Sep 2025 #76
Thank you!! Haven't laughed that much in a looooonnnngggg time. cornball 24 Sep 2025 #120
Reading through thinking the same thought karynnj Sep 2025 #64
I believe their evidence of being " leftist" is he didn't like Kirk. Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #95
Seems like that's a question for Patel and the governor. yardwork Sep 2025 #102
Yes. but, we are here discussing Patel's assertion, yet no comment/question/discussion of that? hlthe2b Sep 2025 #104
Speaking for myself, I honestly have no idea of the shooter's ideology. yardwork Sep 2025 #108
I read a few articles about it, but the articles didn't mention anything other than he was planning to kill Kirk LeftInTX Sep 2025 #116
Kash Patel can't find his own butt with both hands & GPS. Dulcinea Sep 2025 #27
Look, they found a destroyed note that they un-destroyed (but you can't see the un-destroyed note without special FBI still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #30
He probably wrote it. OLDMDDEM Sep 2025 #29
Thank God for Carnac! sheshe2 Sep 2025 #31
The note was in a mayonnaise jar left on Funk & Wagnalls' porch since noon today-n/t lapfog_1 Sep 2025 #61
Oh my word, I was just thinking that very line yesterday. Absolutely niyad Sep 2025 #70
Wow! peggysue2 Sep 2025 #32
The destroyed note is on its way to becoming a manifesto fargone Sep 2025 #33
Liar Eliot Rosewater Sep 2025 #35
Aggressive interviewing techniques? As in torture? miyazaki Sep 2025 #37
See #34. Ocelot II Sep 2025 #41
Ah so. Well back in medieval times they called it miyazaki Sep 2025 #46
The shooter is still alive and can explain himself Qutzupalotl Sep 2025 #39
Like Maxwell, the suspects life (and everything else) is in their hands, so I am not sure how motivated he will be to still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #43
I think they will seek the death penalty no matter what. Qutzupalotl Sep 2025 #45
I see your point and hope you're right, but they have the power to make his life hell in the meantime still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #49
Nah. They'll claim he was a victim of "left wing" indoctrination and that he should receive leniency. Crunchy Frog Sep 2025 #135
He will be tried in state court. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #57
Utah being the state, right? Do you think Utah state officials would not be agreeable to a certain narrative? still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #58
I don't think they will get into motive. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #60
Um, OK ... interesting theory. I guess we'll see. still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #65
He misspoke.. Moostache Sep 2025 #40
They'll eventually tell us he said everything which best validates their narrative Torchlight Sep 2025 #47
did he pull the note out of a pumpkin? DBoon Sep 2025 #48
I don't trust Patel. Hindustan Times regurgitates RW rags. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #51
It sounds like a whole lot of bullshit. spanone Sep 2025 #53
Where are the Epstein Files? Attilatheblond Sep 2025 #54
Show us the note Kash. Botany Sep 2025 #59
Punk was reared in a Christo-Magat household. MAGA-ism put that round through Kirk's neck. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 2025 #62
Mixing religion and politics. Oy... calimary Sep 2025 #73
Sigh - they know it's true, because it was written in Sharpie! maxrandb Sep 2025 #67
Did the dog eat the note? Solly Mack Sep 2025 #68
Kash used his secret decoder ring. The note said, "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine". 2MuchNoise Sep 2025 #69
Why don't you seperate your sacasm from the 2 paragraphs that you Autumn Sep 2025 #72
I'm sorry you felt confused. I think the ON EDIT note explains it quite well (for the few who had any doubt). still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #79
Blatant bullshit JoseBalow Sep 2025 #74
In a real world Patel would have been fired by now rurallib Sep 2025 #75
In a sane world, he never would have been confirmed Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #105
Total nonsense, they can't come up with anything remotely plausible. Dave Bowman Sep 2025 #77
The linked article doesn't say anything about "leftist ideology" IronLionZion Sep 2025 #78
Oh wow, I just replied to someone that the ON EDIT note along with the "Welp" made it clear that the headline was still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #80
Better separation of the article text and your text is needed IronLionZion Sep 2025 #83
So, I thought in the General Discussion forum we discussed topics and ideas more generally and in LBN we stuck to still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #86
I caught what you meant in the title. I am sick of . . . John1956PA Sep 2025 #87
Oh shew, thanks! Yes, the whole cabinet of influencers and hanger-ons ready for marching orders. still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #90
Where's the evidence of leftist ideology? EnergizedLib Sep 2025 #82
That was my question. dflprincess Sep 2025 #85
Late this morning, FBI Co-Deputy Director Bongino mentioned the word "obsession." John1956PA Sep 2025 #84
In the contest for least credibility ever Janbdwl72 Sep 2025 #88
Kick. N/T Upthevibe Sep 2025 #91
BS, he came from a right-wing republican family, Emile Sep 2025 #94
Yep. All their "found" are fabricated. All their fabricated are found. ancianita Sep 2025 #98
they tortured the note barbtries Sep 2025 #103
In the immortal words of the members of Delta Tau Chi CentralMass Sep 2025 #107
"I have the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I'm going to take it." Mblaze Sep 2025 #109
How Does "Aggressive Interview Posture" Differ From Torture DallasNE Sep 2025 #112
the OLD DESTROYED NOTE trick! LymphocyteLover Sep 2025 #113
It was more personal than political AncientOfDays Sep 2025 #114
Well, to me, Patel just proved how FN DUMB he knows his base is. bluestarone Sep 2025 #119
Wow they're desperate to drag a trans person into their narrative. Ritabert Sep 2025 #121
The Hindustan Times is a terrible source Celerity Sep 2025 #123
Other sources are saying a note is involved, but it's as vague as Hindustan Times. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #131
As for me . . . RedArkGuy Sep 2025 #124
So he's funny-looking, AND he's stupid? Iggo Sep 2025 #128
Has anyone told the promoted podcaster Ruby the Liberal Sep 2025 #130
20 years ago this could have made a really good near future, dystopic, comedy movie. Crunchy Frog Sep 2025 #133
What the hell is in that drinking water? tavernier Sep 2025 #137
Kash Patel had swallowed the note, but analysts oasis Sep 2025 #138
How Convenient spanone Sep 2025 #139
I am guessing, but I think the roommate destroyed the note which TR instructed him to find under the keyboard. John1956PA Sep 2025 #141
Shenanigans!! DiverDave Sep 2025 #142
He totally planted it. Initech Sep 2025 #143
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